First Line: I HAVE MISLAID THE TORMENT AND THE FEAR Last Line: YOU SHOULD BE PRAISED FOR TAKING THEM AWAY Subject(s): DOSTOEVSKY, FYODOR (1821-1881); FEAR;
Poem Sources:
THE OXFORD BOOK OF TWENTIETH-CENTURY ENGLISH VERSE. LARKIN, PHILIP (ED.) (1973)
THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN. EMPSON, WILLIAM (2000)