A reading of a haunting poem about living under the dome: “World-Strangeness” written by William Watson

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STRANGE the world about me lies,
Never yet familiar grown —
Still disturbs me with surprise,
Haunts me like a face half known.

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In this house with starry dome,
Floored with gemlike plains and seas,
Shall I never feel at home,
Never wholly be at ease?

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On from room to room I stray,
Yet my host can ne’er espy,
And I know not to this day
Whether guest or captive I.

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So, between the starry dome
And the floor of plains and seas,
I have never felt at home,
Never wholly been at ease.

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Reading Selection:

World-Strangeness by William Watson. (1955). In E. Markham (Ed.), Anthology of the World’s Best Poems (Memorial Ed., Vol. V, p. 2504). New York: Wm.H. Wise & Co. Co.

 

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