Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SELF-REPROACH, by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Deep in the heart is an avenging power Last Line: There is no wretchedness like self-reproach. Alternate Author Name(s): L. E. L.; Maclean, Letitia Subject(s): Self-criticism | ||||||||
DEEP in the heart is an avenging power, Conscious of right and wrong. There is no shape Reproach can take, one half so terrible As when that shape is given by ourselves. Justice hath needful punishments, and crime Is a predestined thing to punishment. Or soon, or late, there will be no escape From the stern consequence of its own act. But in ourself is Fate's worst minister: There is no wretchedness like self-reproach. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...POEM FOR MY FRIEND, CLARE. OR, WITH WHITE STUPAS WE REMEMBER BUDDHA by NORMAN DUBIE CONGRATULATING WEDGE by ALICE NOTLEY I AM FIFTY-TWO YEARS OLD' by KENNETH REXROTH THE ADVANTAGES OF LEARNING by KENNETH REXROTH A SECRET SIGH by JOSEPH BEAUMONT TO FIGHT ALOUD IS VERY BRAVE by EMILY DICKINSON CALYPSO WATCHING THE OCEAN by LETITIA ELIZABETH LANDON |
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