Classic and Contemporary Poetry
EVIL, by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES Poet Analysis 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! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...INTERRUPTED MEDITATION by ROBERT HASS TWO VIEWS OF BUSON by ROBERT HASS THE FATALIST: HOME by LYN HEJINIAN WRITING IS AN AID TO MEMORY: 17 by LYN HEJINIAN LET US GATHER IN A FLOURISHING WAY by JUAN FELIPE HERRERA IN MICHAEL ROBINS?ÇÖS CLASS MINUS ONE by HICOK. BOB BREADTH. CIRCLE. DESERT. MONARCH. MONTH. WISDOM by JOHN HOLLANDER VARIATIONS: 16 by CONRAD AIKEN UNHOLY SONNET 13 by MARK JARMAN A BIRD'S ANGER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES |
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