Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ENVY, by A. B. SHIFFRIN


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ENVY, by                    
First Line: I looked upon a dog's dull eye
Last Line: What he would be.
Subject(s): Envy


I looked upon a dog's dull eye
And for a span
I swear I heard him growling, "Why
Am I not Man?
Am I not Man?"

I looked upon a man's dead eye
And saw him nod
His head, and heard him grumble, "Why
Am I not God?"
Am I not God?"

And God . . . O ask the earth, the sky,
The sun, the sea;
Ask them who gaze on God's old eye
What he would be.
What he would be.





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