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A Reading of E. E.Cummings’s Poem, “plato told”

plato told him:he couldn’tbelieve it(jesus told him;hewouldn’t believeit)lao tszecertainly toldhim,and general(yes mam)sherman;and even(believe itor not)youtold him:i toldhim;we told him(he didn’t believe it,no sir)it tooka nipponized bit ofthe old sixth avenueel;in the top of his head:to tell him

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Song: Men of England, by Percy Bysshe Shelley (A Reading)

Men of England, wherefore ploughFor the lords who lay ye low?Wherefore weave with toil and careThe rich robes your tyrants wear? Wherefore feed and clothe and saveFrom the cradle to the graveThose ungrateful drones who wouldDrain your sweat—nay, drink your blood? Wherefore, Bees of England, forgeMany a weapon, chain, and scourge,That these stingless drones may […]