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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE PESSIMIST, by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: His body bulged with puppies - little eyes
Last Line: "when no one wants these little dogs of mine."
Subject(s): Pessimism
First Line: His body bulged with puppies - little eyes
Last Line: "when no one wants these little dogs of mine."
Subject(s): Pessimism
His body bulged with puppies -- little eyes
Peeped out of every pocket, black and bright;
And with as innocent, round-eyed surprise
He watched the glittering traffic of the night.
"What this world's coming to I cannot tell,"
He muttered, as I passed him, with a whine --
"Things surely must be making slap for hell,
When no one wants these little dogs of mine."
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