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Trash
From Heroic Idyls (1863)
Arts & Sciences
I have thrown more behind the grate
Than would have bought a fair estate.
And I might readily have sold
My drops of ink for grains of gold.
A bladder sounds with peas within,
Boys shake it and enjoy the din :
There is some poetry that bears
Its likeness, made for boyish ears.
Cite this poem
MLA
Landor, Walter Savage. “Trash.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/226/.
Chicago
Landor, Walter Savage. “Trash.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/226/.
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