Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, HYMN OF HATE, by WALT MASON


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HYMN OF HATE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: It makes no odds if people hate you, if they
Last Line: Grating; we know the bitterness of hating.
Subject(s): Hate


IT makes no odds if people hate you, if they malign you and berate you; for if
you're walking circumspectly, and doing your devoir correctly, what people say
will never hurt you, or knock the polish from your virtue. Let people hate you,

if that action affords them solid satisfaction. It's when you hate yourself, my

neighbor, that hatred prods, as with a saber. When I left home this morning,
growling, and showed the folks a visage scowling, and spoke no word that they
might treasure, I spoiled for them the whole day's pleasure. That's why I hate
myself so deeply, that's why I hold myself so cheaply, and when one hates
himself like blazes, he can't be soothed with cheerup phrases. And every time we

are descending to doing things that need defending, remorse is in our bosoms
grating; we know the bitterness of hating.





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