The Nabob’s Double (Gerald Massey Poems)
HAS Man a spirit that's more than breath,A spirit that walks in sleep or in death;Shakes off at will its ...
HAS Man a spirit that's more than breath,A spirit that walks in sleep or in death;Shakes off at will its ...
O give no more to flagrant Wrong The chances you refuse to Right,Nor let a boon to Vice belong Wherein the virtuous ...
No not to-night, dear child; I cannot go; I'm busy, tired; they knew I should not come; you do not ...
I don't mind kings and dukes and things; I don't mind wigs or maces;I don't mind crowns or robes or ...
Brothers; even those of you who are already in the sear and yellow leaf, and full of years and ...
As the Kaffir is known by his Wig-WamAs a Scotsman is known by his thistleAnd a man from the West ...
O, Voice of time! O, metal's clang!Your dreadful call distresses me,Your groan doth beckon, beckon meIt beckons, brings me closer ...
The criminal of other daysWas tortured in outlandish ways;Upon the rack they'd break his backOr at the stake they'd burn ...
There are noises that freeze up the blood, There's the sound of the burglar at night As he's picking the ...
Should it occasion much surprise That criminals should deal in blame,As all of us, and recognise The full depth of ...
The warm fire.The comfortable chairs.The merry companions.The stroke of twelve.The wild suggestion.The good sports.The man who hasn't slept for weeks.The ...
22All these my banners be.I sow my pageantryIn May -It rises train by train -Then sleeps in state again -My ...
1 The stout poet tiptoes On the lawn. Surprisingly limber In his thick sweater Like a middle-age burglar. Is the ...
All these my banners be. I sow my pageantry In May -- It rises train by train -- Then sleeps ...
I never lost as much but twice, And that was in the sod. Twice have I stood a beggar Before ...
A RETURN TO THE COVER OF THIS BOOK Dear Trout Fishing in America: I met your friend Fritz in Washington ...
On the fair green hills of Rio There grows a fearful stain: The poor who come to Rio And can't ...
1. The Poet Someone awake when others are sleeping, Asleep when others are awake. An illiterate who signs everything with ...
I much admire, I must admit, The man who robs a Bank; It takes a lot of guts and grit, ...
I had a dream, a dream of dread: I thought that horror held the house; A burglar bent above my ...
Selecting in the dining-room The silver of his choice, The burglar heard from chamber gloom A female voice. As cold ...
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