Edwin Arlington Robinson

Poet

1869-12-22

Books by Edwin Arlington Robinson

The United States in Literature [with three long stories] -- Seventh Edition
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Prentice Hall Literature--Timeless Voices, Timeless Themes--The American Experience
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Prentice Hall Literature -- Gold
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Quotes by Edwin Arlington Robinson

Whenever Richard Cory went down town,We people on the pavement looked at him:He was a gentleman from sole to crown,Clean favored, imperially slim.And he was always quietly arrayed,And he was always human when he talked;But still he fluttered pulses when he said,'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.And he was rich--yes, richer than a king--And admirably schooled in every grace:In fine, we thought that he was everythingTo make us wish that we were in his place.So on we worked, and waited for the light,And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,Went home and put a bullet through his head.
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And thus we all are nighingThe truth we fear to know:Death will end our cryingFor friends that come and go.
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Whenever Richard Cory went down town,We people on the pavement looked at him:He was a gentleman from sole to crown,Clean favored, imperially slim.And he was always quietly arrayed,And he was always human when he talked;But still he fluttered pulses when he said,'Good-morning,' and he glittered when he walked.And he was rich--yes, richer than a king--And admirably schooled in every grace:In fine, we thought that he was everythingTo make us wish that we were in his place.So on we worked, and waited for the light,And went without the meat, and cursed the bread;And Richard Cory, one calm summer night,Went home and put a bullet through his head.
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And thus we all are nighingThe truth we fear to know:Death will end our cryingFor friends that come and go.
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For when a woman is left too much alone, sooner or later she begins to think;- And no man knows what then she may discover.
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She knows as well as anyone that pity, having played, soon tires.
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