Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HATE, by JAMES STEPHENS Poet's Biography First Line: My enemy came nigh Last Line: I might have kissed him, as I would a maid. Subject(s): Hate | ||||||||
My enemy came nigh; And I Stared fiercely in his face: My lips went writhing back in a grimace, And stern I watched him from a narrowed eye: Then, as I turned away, My enemy, That bitter-heart, and savage, said to me: -- Some day, when this is past; When all the arrows that we have are cast; We may ask one another why we hate? And fail to find a story to relate: It may seem to us, then, a mystery That we could hate each other -- Thus said he; and did not turn away; Waiting to hear what I might have to say! But I fled quickly: fearing, if I stayed, I might have kissed him, as I would a maid. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...LOVE THE WILD SWAN by ROBINSON JEFFERS HATRED by GWENDOLYN B. BENNETT TO AN ENEMY by MAXWELL BODENHEIM JACK ROSE by MAXWELL BODENHEIM THE PEOPLE OF THE OTHER VILLAGE by THOMAS LUX IN STRANGE EVENTS by WILLIAM MEREDITH LINES FOR A CHRISTMAS CARD by HILAIRE BELLOC LINES TO A DON by HILAIRE BELLOC |
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