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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPENSATION; QUATRAIN, by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER First Line: No ceaseless vigil with hard toil we keep Last Line: And hunger cannot make its home with death. Alternate Author Name(s): Collyer, Thomas Stephens | |||
No ceaseless vigil with hard toil we keep, And to grim want give but a passing breath; For after labor comes the rest of sleep, And hunger cannot make its home with death. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...DISAPPOINTMENT; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER INFALLIBILITY; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER LIFE'S TRIUMPH by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER NELLY TELLS HOW BABY CAME by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER POWER; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER TIME; QUATRAIN by THOMAS STEPHENS COLLIER THE LAMB, FR. SONGS OF INNOCENCE by WILLIAM BLAKE A COURT LADY by ELIZABETH BARRETT BROWNING COMPLAINT OF THE ABSENCE OF HER LOVER BEING UPON THE SEA by HENRY HOWARD |
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