Poet and philosopher Archibald Lampman (1861-1899) led not a life of his own, but an existance forced upon him by peers and an unfeeling and cold society. Dying far before his time, Lampman led a life of misery. He was supported only by a few close friends and his immortal poetry. This essay is founded around one particular of his works but I feel it necessary to discuss the conditions in which he lived in …showed first 75 words of 1733 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1733 total…only will you enjoy it, but learn from it. In four stanzas this poem has the character of an old poem and modern. Archibald Lampman left us with many joyful poems, and scary ones, but lets us not dwell in the horror, but in the message and thoughts he left us. We do not have to become the city of the end of things, we must reform our ways, for the good of us all.