“And it was grief that made Mankind your lover,
And it was grief that made you love Mankind.”

— Joyce Kilmer

Main Street and Other Poems (1917), In Memory
Context: Your eyes, that looked on glory, could discover
The angry scar to which the world was blind:
And it was grief that made Mankind your lover,
And it was grief that made you love Mankind.

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American poet, editor, literary critic, soldier 1886–1918

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