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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BLASE, by OLIVER MURRAY EDWARDS
First Line: Some people live in a most dismal way
Last Line: Before they begin their story is told.
Subject(s): Old Age
First Line: Some people live in a most dismal way
Last Line: Before they begin their story is told.
Subject(s): Old Age
Some people live in a most dismal way
With nothing to do, and little to say;
For them nothing new, for all things are old;
Before they begin their story is told.
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