Thursday, January 14, 2016

TO A BROWN BEGGAR-MAID Comments

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WHITE maiden with the russet hair,
Whose garments, through their holes, declare
That poverty is part of you,
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Charles Baudelaire
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Denis Mair 15 November 2016

He as ambushed by beauty from an unexpected corner. Threadbare clothes and wooden shoes are instantly transformed to trappings of beauty. He acknowledges their charm, but with ruefulness, knowing that her living conditions are a threat to her health. The prophecy that THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH is made to come true, but only aesthetically, in the world of a poet.

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