Every man has his sorrows
Every man has his sorrows
Original Text
The Modern Book of French Verse in English Translations by Chaucer, Francis Thompson, Swinburne, Arthur Symons, Robert Bridges, John Payne and Others. Ed. Albert Boni. New York: Boni and Liveright, 1920. 94-95. Internet Archive.
1Every man has his sorrows; yet each still
2Hides under a calm forehead his own will.
3Each pities but himself. Each in his grief
4Envies his neighbor: he too seeks relief;
5For one man's pain is of no other known:
6They hide their sorrows as he hides his own;
7And each, with tears and aching heart, can sigh:
8All other men are happy, but not I.
9They are unhappy all. They, desolate,
10Cry against heaven and bid heaven change their fate.
11Their fate is changed; they soon, with fresh tears, know
12They have but changed one for another woe.
RPO poem Editors
Ian Lancashire
Data entry: Sharine Leung
RPO Edition
2012
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