Love

O'erfoaming with Rage

by Walter Savage Landor 1775–1864

From Works and Life, ed. Forster, vol. VIII (1876)

Love

O'erfoaming with rage
The foul-mouth'd judge Page
Thus question'd a thief in the dock:
"Didst never hear read
In the church, lump of lead!
Loose chip from the devil's own block!
' Thou shalt not steal? ' " "Yea,"
The white chap did say,
"' Thou shalt not: ' but thou was the word.
Had he piped out ' Jem Hewitt!
Be sure you don't do it,'
I'd ha' thought of it twice ere I did it, my lord."

MLA

Landor, Walter Savage. “O'erfoaming with Rage.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/463/.

Chicago

Landor, Walter Savage. “O'erfoaming with Rage.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/landor/463/.

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