Poetry & Verse
The Twins
By Robert BrowningSource: Robert Browning - PoetryDB (Public Domain)154 words
Grand rough old Martin Luther Bloomed fables-flowers on furze, The better the uncouther: Do roses stick like burrs? A beggar asked an alms One day...
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Grand rough old Martin Luther Bloomed fables-flowers on furze, The better the uncouther: Do roses stick like burrs? A beggar asked an alms One day at an abbey-door, Said Luther; but, seized with qualms, The abbot replied, "We're poor!" "Poor, who had plenty once, When gifts fell thick as rain: But they give us nought, for the nonce, And now should we give again?"…
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