Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HUSBAND AND HEATHEN, by SAM WALTER FOSS Poet's Biography First Line: O'er the men of ethiopia she would pour her cornucopia Last Line: For the terra del fuegian and the turcoman and turk. Subject(s): Africa; Charity; Heresy; Women; Philanthropy; Heretics | ||||||||
O'ER the men of Ethiopia she would pour her cornucopia, And shower wealth and plenty on the people of Japan, Send down jelly cake and candies to the Indians of the Andes, And a cargo of plum pudding to the men of Hindoostan; And she said she loved 'em so, Bushman, Finn, and Eskimo. If she had the wings of eagles to their succour she would fly Loaded down with jam and jelly, Succotash and vermicelli, Prunes, pomegranates, plums and pudding, peaches, pineapples, and pie. She would fly with speedy succour to the natives of Molucca With whole loads of quail and salmon, and with tons of fricassee And give cake in fullest measure To the men of Australasia And all the Archipelagoes that dot the southern sea; And the Anthropophagi, All their lives deprived of pie, She would satiate and satisfy with custards, cream, and mince; And those miserable Australians And the Borrioboolighalians, She would gorge with choicest jelly, raspberry, currant, grape, and quince. But like old war-time hardtackers, her poor husband lived on crackers, Bought at wholesale from a baker, eaten from the mantelshelf; If the men of Madagascar, And the natives of Alaska, Had enough to sate their hunger, let him look out for himself. And his coat had but one tail And he used a shingle nail To fasten up his galluses when he went out to his work; And she used to spend his money To buy sugar-plums and honey For the Terra del Fuegian and the Turcoman and Turk. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...NERVOUS FIT OF ANGUISH by CESAR VALLEJO THE BALLAD WHICH ANNE ASKEW MADE AND SANG WHEN SHE WAS IN NEWGATE by ANNE ASKEWE THE DEATH OF HUSS by ALFRED AUSTIN LATIMER AND RIDLEY, BURNED AT THE STAKE IN OXFORD, 1555 by WILLIAM EDMONSTOUNE AYTOUN DECLASSE by ANNA EMILIA BAGSTAD THE HERETIC by GEORGE HERBERT CLARKE SIR JOHN OLDCASTLE, LORD COBHAM by ALFRED TENNYSON MORNING by HENRY DAVID THOREAU THE COMING AMERICAN by SAM WALTER FOSS THE HOUSE BY THE SIDE OF THE ROAD by SAM WALTER FOSS |
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