Classic and Contemporary Poetry
COMPANY, by WILLIAM DEAN HOWELLS Poet's Biography First Line: I thought, 'how terrible, if I were seen Last Line: "I thought, ""why should I, if the rest are so?" Alternate Author Name(s): Howells, W. D. Subject(s): God; Judgment Day; Sin; End Of The World; Doomsday; Fall Of Man | ||||||||
I thought, "How terrible, if I were seen Just as in will and deed I have always been! And if this were the fate that I must face At the last day, and all else were God's grace, How must I shrink and cower before them there, Stripped naked to the soul and beggared bare Of every rag of seeming!" Then, "Why, no," I thought, "why should I, if the rest are so?" | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...ON ETHNIC DEFINITIONS by ELEANOR WILNER THE MARRIAGE OF HEAVEN AND HELL by WILLIAM BLAKE THE END OF THE WORLD by GORDON BOTTOMLEY 1X1 (ONE TIMES ONE): 20 by EDWARD ESTLIN CUMMINGS ONCE BY THE PACIFIC by ROBERT FROST |
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