Social Commentaries
Reading for the Poor
From The Singing Leaves (1903)
Social Commentaries
Young Pity passed us in the street.
Her eyes were like a brook;
And golden leaf and shadow bird
Darkened and lit her look.
Her hair was like the meadow-marsh
That reaches to the sea;
And on her cheek a wild-rose glowed,
The timely rose for me!
Young Pity never knew the word
She gave to men in need,
All clear and simple, in her face,
For working ones to read.
Cite this poem
MLA
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Reading for the Poor.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/65/.
Chicago
Peabody, Josephine Preston. “Reading for the Poor.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/peabody/65/.
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