Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935). Collected Poems. 1921.
II. The Children of the Night8. Two Men
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That I should like to know about;
But search and question where I will,
I cannot ever find them out.
And gave some wine to Abraham;
But who can tell what else he did
Must be more learned than I am.
When Agamemnon came to Troy;
But who can tell me who he was—
I’ll pray the gods to give him joy.
That I’m forever thinking on:
They chase me everywhere I go,—
Melchizedek, Ucalegon.