Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, EVIL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES



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First Line: How often in my dreams have I beheld
Last Line: Have tried their best to make a cunning devil!
Alternate Author Name(s): Davies, W. H.
Subject(s): Evil; Nature


How often in my dreams have I beheld
An enemy with a grinning, loathsome face;
And then, before the dream is over, lo!
A smiling friend has taken that enemy's place.

So, when unkindness comes my way, I think
Of an enemy first; but in the end
It follows, two to one, the secret blow
Is struck by one who calls himself my friend!

Call me a Nature poet, nothing more,
Who writes of simple things, not human evil;
And hear my grief when I confess that friends
Have tried their best to make a cunning devil!





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