jeremy clayton
08-01-2014, 06:01 PM
Memorized this poem from my Grade 10 Literature Class Reader ... but have forgotten Author and some lines ... ??
Would appreciate any help. Thank You.
Here is what I remember:
When I with bitter tongue denounce those crimes which man commits against his fellow men,
Cry that he is cruel and greedy and unwise,
That he betrays his honor and his friends,
At my own door the accusation lies,
For in my breast there lodges all I blame,
Diminished merely in it's scope and span,
In it's essential qualities the same,
Between the worlds own faults and mine,
I find the difference of degree,
Not kind.
Some lines missing ... wrong.
Author was a woman I believe ...
Thank you.
Would appreciate any help. Thank You.
Here is what I remember:
When I with bitter tongue denounce those crimes which man commits against his fellow men,
Cry that he is cruel and greedy and unwise,
That he betrays his honor and his friends,
At my own door the accusation lies,
For in my breast there lodges all I blame,
Diminished merely in it's scope and span,
In it's essential qualities the same,
Between the worlds own faults and mine,
I find the difference of degree,
Not kind.
Some lines missing ... wrong.
Author was a woman I believe ...
Thank you.