Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ENVY, by A. B. SHIFFRIN First Line: I looked upon a dog's dull eye Last Line: What he would be. Subject(s): Envy | ||||||||
I looked upon a dog's dull eye And for a span I swear I heard him growling, "Why Am I not Man? Am I not Man?" I looked upon a man's dead eye And saw him nod His head, and heard him grumble, "Why Am I not God?" Am I not God?" And God . . . O ask the earth, the sky, The sun, the sea; Ask them who gaze on God's old eye What he would be. What he would be. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS ON A CERTAIN LADY AT COURT by ALEXANDER POPE WHEN I PERUSE THE CONQUER'D FAME by WALT WHITMAN LINES FROM A PLUTOCRATIC POETASTER TO A DITCH-DIGGER by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS EMBLEMS OF LOVE: 25. ENVY ACCOMPANIES LOVE by PHILIP AYRES TO A MAID OF THIRTEEN by CHRISTOPHER BANNISTER LIGHT [AND LOVE] by FRANCIS WILLIAM BOURDILLON |
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