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| 4142. | The Transparent Man by Anthony Hecht | | I'm mighty glad to see you, Mrs. Curtis,
And thank you very kindly for this visit--
Especially now when all the others here
Are having holiday visi... |
| 4143. | Chorus From Oedipus At Colonos by Anthony Hecht | | What is unwisdom but the lusting after
Longevity: to be old and full of days!
For the vast and unremitting tide of years
Casts up to view more sorr... |
| 4144. | Prospects by Anthony Hecht | | We have set out from here for the sublime
Pastures of summer shade and mountain stream;
I have no doubt we shall arrive on time.
Is all the green... |
| 4145. | Paradise Lost Book 5: An Epitome by Anthony Hecht | | Higgledy piggeldy
Archangel Rafael,
Speaking of Satan's re-
Bellion from God:
"Chap was decidedly
Turgiversational,
Given to lewdness and
Rod... |
| 4146. | To Posterity by Bertolt Brecht | | Indeed I live in the dark ages!
A guileless word is an absurdity. A smooth forehead betokens
A hard heart. He who laughs
Has not yet heard
The ter... |
| 4147. | What Has Happened? by Bertolt Brecht | | The industrialist is having his aeroplane serviced.
The priest is wondering what he said in his sermon eight weeks ago
about tithes.
The generals a... |
| 4148. | O Germany, Pale Mother! by Bertolt Brecht | | Let others speak of her shame,
I speak of my own.
O Germany, pale mother!
How soiled you are
As you sit among the peoples.
You flaunt yourself
... |
| 4149. | Contemplating Hell by Bertolt Brecht | | Contemplating Hell, as I once heard it,
My brother Shelley found it to be a place
Much like the city of London. I,
Who do not live in London, but i... |
| 4150. | Radio Poem by Bertolt Brecht | | You little box, held to me escaping
So that your valves should not break
Carried from house to house to ship from sail to train,
So that my enemies... |
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