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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEBT, by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: A withered silence filled my chest of sorrow Last Line: Fleeced I the giver, yet am penniless. Alternate Author Name(s): Tate, Allen Subject(s): Relationships | |||
A withered silence filled my chest of sorrow With mildewed fancies till she cam to me; My world she made of laughter and tomorrow -- A lonely sail that gemmed a wasted sea. Her wisdom was a spendthrift, lavishing On me a costly cloak of fertile power; She led me up a steep path to the spring To taste eternity, bubbling in an hour. But I forgot the equipage I wore, The magic sifted whiteness of her mind Coloring life; vaunted is burgeoned lore Of riches taken, leaving a debt behind. From her I got but gave no wealthiness: Fleeced I the giver, yet am penniless. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AMERICAN WEDDING by ESSEX HEMPHILL PUNK HALF PANTHER by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA THE DIFFERENCE by RICHARD HOWARD THE ADVANCE OF THE FATHER by FANNY HOWE BATTLE OF MURFREESBORO, 1862-1922 by JOHN ORLEY ALLEN TATE |
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