46. An Old Story. Edwin Arlington Robinson. Modern American Poetry

Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern American Poetry. 1919.

Edwin Arlington Robinson. 1869–

46. An Old Story

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	5
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!...	10
I never knew the worth of him
Until he died.