Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN OLD STORY, by EDWIN ARLINGTON ROBINSON


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First Line: Strange that I did not know him then
Last Line: Until he died.


Strange that I did not know him then,
That friend of mine!
I did not even show him then
One friendly sign;

But cursed him for the ways he had
To make me see
My envy of the praise he had
For praising me.

I would have rid the earth of him
Once, in my pride....
I never knew the worth of him
Until he died.






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