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Poet: Stephen Crane
Poem: 16.
Charity thou art a lie,
Volume: The Black Riders & Other Lines
Year: Published/Written in 1905
Poem of the Day:
Oct 22 2000
Comment 2 of 2, added on August 27th, 2005 at 4:43 AM.
Perhaps Stephen Crane was also refering to those pompous extravagant fund raising events or charity do's where who wore what and who attended is far far far more important than the purported 'cause'.
Apparently there is (or used to be) some place where the giver thanks the 'beggar' for accepting his/her efforts at kindness/justice - seen as one's duty to God; the idea of being charitable with regard to God would be so bizaare!!
Nimal from Australia
Comment 1 of 2, added on August 29th, 2004 at 12:05 AM.
In the light of justice the temple walls are seen--to me the flickering shadows of charity evokes the cruel inconstancy of scraps handed out by the rich, like a thanksgiving feast for the homeless. What will they eat tomorrow? But what is this temple illumined in the presence of justice? What is the fundamental truth at which the poet aimed with this poem? Or, maybe I should ask, what is it to you?
Roddy McCalley from United States
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Perhaps Stephen Crane was also refering to those pompous extravagant fund raising events or charity do's where who wore what and who attended is far far far more important than the purported 'cause'.
Apparently there is (or used to be) some place where the giver thanks the 'beggar' for accepting his/her efforts at kindness/justice - seen as one's duty to God; the idea of being charitable with regard to God would be so bizaare!!
Nimal from Australia