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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ONLY ONCE, by WILLIAM WATSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Momentous to himself as I to me
Last Line: I felt this truth, an instant, and no more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Variant Title(s): Epigram
Subject(s): Self
First Line: Momentous to himself as I to me
Last Line: I felt this truth, an instant, and no more.
Alternate Author Name(s): Watson, John William
Variant Title(s): Epigram
Subject(s): Self
MOMENTOUS to himself as I to me
Hath each man been that ever woman bore;
Once, in a lightning-flash of sympathy,
I felt this truth, an instant, and no more.
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