Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BEN TROVATO, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: The deacon thought. 'I know them,' he began Last Line: "he smiled--as he had never smiled at her." | ||||||||
THE deacon thought. "I know them," he began, "And they are all you ever heard of them-- Allurable to no sure theorem, The scorn or the humility of man. You say 'Can I believe it?'--and I can; And I'm unwilling even to condemn The benefaction of a stratagem Like hers--and I'm a Presbyterian. "Though blind, with but a wandering hour to live, He felt the other woman in the fur That now the wife had on. Could she forgive All that? Apparently. Her rings were gone, Of course; and when he found that she had none, He smiled--as he had never smiled at her." | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...AN EVANGELIST'S WIFE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON AN ISLAND (SAINT HELENA, 1821) by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ANOTHER DARK LADY by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON BALLADE OF DEAD FRIENDS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON CAPUT MORTUUM by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON CHARLES CARVILLE'S EYES by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON CORTEGE by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DEMOS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON DOCTOR OF BILLIARDS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON ERASMUS by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON |
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