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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
MY ENEMY, by EDWIN L. SABIN Poet's Biography
First Line: An enemy I had, whose mien
Last Line: And, lo! Myself I saw.
Subject(s): Self
First Line: An enemy I had, whose mien
Last Line: And, lo! Myself I saw.
Subject(s): Self
An enemy I had, whose mien
I stoutly strove in vain to know;
For hard he dogged my steps, unseen,
Wherever I might go.
My plans he balked; my aims he foiled;
He blocked my every onward way.
When for some lofty goal I toiled,
He grimly said me nay.
"Come forth!" I cried, "Lay bare thy guise!
Thy wretched features I would see."
Yet always to my straining eyes
He dwelt in mystery.
Until one night I held him fast,
The veil from off his form did draw;
I gazed upon his face at last—
And, lo! myself I saw.
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