September 1895 Issue [Poetry] The burden Download PDF Adjust Share by William Dean Howells, Subscribe or log in to continue reading. Tags Helplessness (Psychology) Ordeal Poetry More from William Dean Howells The Good Citizen “I have just had a gratifying illustration of the conscientious perfection of the American people in enacting and enforcing a law when they are agreed that it is really for… Eighty years and after Reports Where youth survives Adjust Share