History & Politics

XIII

by Algernon Charles Swinburne 1837–1909

From The Heptalogia

History & Politics

Ah, now, look you--tail foremost, the beast sets seaward--
The sea draws it, sand sucks it--he's wise, my crab!
From the napkin out jumps his one talent--good steward,
Just judge! So a man shirks the smile or the stab,
And sets his sail duly to leeward!

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Swinburne, Algernon Charles. “XIII.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/swinburne/44/.

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