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If I Should Fall to the Field

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There was a woman, and she was wise; woefully wise was she;
She was old, so old, yet her years all told were but a score and three;
And she knew by heart, from finish to start, the Book of Iniquity
There is no room for such as I on earth, nor yet in Heaven;
Unloved I live, unloved I die, unpitied, unforgiven;
A loathed jade, I ply my trade, unhallowed and unshriven
I paint my cheeks, for they're white, and cheeks of chalk men hate;
Mine eyes with wine I make them shine, that man may seek and sate;
With overhead a lamp of red I sit me down and wait
'Till on they come, the nightly scum, with drunken eyes aflame;
Your sweethearts, sons, ye scornful ones -- 'tis I who know their shame
The gods, ye see, are brutes to me -- and so I play my game
For life is not the thing we thought, and not the thing we plan;
And Woman in a bitter world must do the best she can --
Must yield the stroke, must bear the yoke, must serve the will of man;
Must serve his need and ever feed the flame of his desire
Though be she loved for love alone, or be she loved for hire;
For every man since life began is tainted with the mire
Was I not born to walk in scorn where others walk in pride?
The Maker marred, and, evil-starred, I drift upon His tide;
And He alone shall judge His own, so I His judgment bide
Fate has written a tragedy; its name is "The Human Heart"
The Theatre is the House of Life, Woman the mummer's part;
The Devil enters the prompter's box and the play is ready to start
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Steve Von Till

Steve Von Till

About “The Harpy” by Steve Von Till

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"The Harpy" appears on "If I Should Fall to the Field".

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