Classic and Contemporary Poetry
VISION, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography First Line: Within a poor man's squalid home I stood Last Line: The poor man's landlord leading down to dine. Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. | ||||||||
WITHIN a poor man's squalid home I stood: The one bare chamber, where his work-worn wife Above the stove and wash-tub passed her life, Next the sty where they slept with all their brood. But I saw not that sunless, breathless lair, The chamber's sagging roof and reeking floor; The smeared walls, broken sash, and battered door; The foulness and forlornness everywhere. I saw a great house with the portals wide Upon a banquet room, and, from without, The guests descending in a brilliant line By the stair's statued niches, and beside The loveliest of the gemmed and silken rout The poor man's landlord leading down to dine. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...IN EARLIEST SPRING by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS THE TWO WIVES by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS WHAT SHALL IT PROFIT? by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS A DOUBLE-BARRELLED SONNET TO MARK TWAIN: 1. FIRST BARREL by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS A DOUBLE-BARRELLED SONNET TO MARK TWAIN: 2. SECOND BARREL by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS A SEASONABLE MORAL by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS AFTER THE WEDDING by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS ALDRICH, 1866-1907 by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS ANOTHER DAY by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS BLACK CROSS FARM by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS BREAKFAST IS MY BEST MEAL: OVERHEARD AT CARLSBAD by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS |
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