“Yesterday upon the stair I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today Oh, how I wish he’d go away When I came home last night at three The man was waiting there for me But when I looked around the hall I couldn’t see him there at all! Go away, go away, don’t you come back any more! Go away, go away, and please don’t slam the door Last night I saw upon the stair A little man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today Oh, how I wish he’d go away Antigonish (1899)”
Quotes by Hughes Mearns
“As I was sitting in my chair, I knew the bottom wasn't there, Nor legs nor back, but I just sat, Ignoring little things like that.”
“Yesterday, upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there He wasn’t there again today I wish, I wish he’d go away…”
Hughes Mearns
Hughes Mearns was an American educator and poet, best known for his whimsical poem "Antigonish," also known as "The Little Man Who Wasn't There." Mearns graduated from Harvard University and the Unive...