Poems about inoffensive (21 Poems)

The Malefactor’s Plea (James Kenneth Stephen Poems)

   Of sentences that stir my bile,    Of phrases I detest,   There's one beyond all others vile;    "He did it for the best."   Of course he did: I don't suppose,    Nor can you think I should,   The man's among my deadliest foes,    Or is not fairly good.   Of course he did it for the best:   What should he do it for?  But did he do it? that's the test:   I ask to know no more.  Alas! he did: and here am I,   Quite ruined, half disgraced;   And you can really ask me why   My wrath is not effaced:  And there is he, good worthy man,   With self-esteem possessed,  Still saying, as of course he can,   "I did it for the best."  No evil deed was ever done,   Or honest man withstood,  Since first this weary world begun,   Except for someone's good.  And can it signify to me   Whose good he did it for?  Mine was it? thus 'twas wont to be,   And will be ever more.  When inoffensive people plant   A dagger in your breast,  Your good is what they really want:   They do it for the best. (James Kenneth Stephen)

Inebriety (George Crabbe Poems)

The mighty spirit, and its power, which stainsThe bloodless cheek, and vivifies the brains,I sing. Say, ye, its fiery vot'ries ...

Alexis. (Daniel Baker Poems)

My loyal Muse would feign aspire to sing The Praises of our gracious King: But, ah! 'twould ill become his ...

Mac Flecknoe (John Dryden Poem)

All human things are subject to decay, And, when Fate summons, monarchs must obey: This Flecknoe found, who, like Augustus, ...

Shame (Richard Wilbur Poems)

It is a cramped little state with no foreign policy, Save to be thought inoffensive. The grammar of the language ...

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