Unaware of his shortcomings, he laments that he is "Born too late," "loved the days of old," and "sighed for what is not."
In this poem from The Town down the River, the title character finally "coughed, and called it fate,/and kept on drinking." Unaware of his shortcomings, he laments that he is "Born too late," "loved the days of old," and "sighed for what is not." As a "child of scorn," "he wept that he was ever born." For 10 points—name this poem about a resident of Tilbury Town, by Edward Arlington Robinson.
In this poem from The Town down the River, the title character finally "coughed, and called it fate,/and kept on drinking."
“{Miniver Cheevy}”