Showing Results 1 - 2 of 2
Remember the Horn
Restricted
Text
Quick! Help! Save a poor girl! A Hebrew servant girl screamed: Help me, merciful people, hurry and save me from this racing stag who runs with such a fury. Free my hands from his horns! The woman…

Contributor:

Sarah Shapira

Places:

Odessa, Russian Empire (Odesa, Ukraine)

Date:

1886

Subjects:

Allegory, Women, Class, Violence, Sexual violence

Categories:

Poetry
The Ass’s Complaint
Restricted
Text
Why is my back loaded with fine flour, while in my mouth there is no bread at all, but only straw? I drink well-water, though I carry wine. And the stick goes on fracturing my skull! I live in rubble…

Contributor:

Samuel Archevolti

Places:

Padua, Venice (Padua, Italy)

Date:

End of the 16th Century

Subjects:

Animals, Food and drink, Violence, Ethics, Allegory

Categories:

Poetry, Popular Poetry