Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PESSIMIST, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: His body bulged with puppies - little eyes Last Line: "when no one wants these little dogs of mine." Subject(s): Pessimism | ||||||||
His body bulged with puppies -- little eyes Peeped out of every pocket, black and bright; And with as innocent, round-eyed surprise He watched the glittering traffic of the night. "What this world's coming to I cannot tell," He muttered, as I passed him, with a whine -- "Things surely must be making slap for hell, When no one wants these little dogs of mine." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...THE PESSIMIST by BENJAMIN FRANKLIN KING PESSIMIST AND OPTIMIST by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH TO A REPUBLICAN FRIEND, 1848, CONTINUED by MATTHEW ARNOLD A SERIOUS REFLECTION ON HUMAN LIFE, SELECTION by HENRY BAKER THE OPTIMIST AND THE PESSIMIST; A DIALOGUE by GEORGE BARLOW (1847-1913) THE PESSIMIST by LOUISA SARAH BEVINGTON REALSIM by VERA WARDNER DOUGAN |
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