Dreams and Dust by Don Marquis
page 37 of 125 (29%)
page 37 of 125 (29%)
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Ghost, ye are free, ye are free!
Are the coasts of death so fair, so fair? But I wait ye here on the shore! It is I that ye hear in the calling wind-- I have stared through the dark till my soul is blind! O lover of mine, ye swore, Lover of mine, ye swore! HUNTED Oh, why do they hunt so hard, so hard, who have no need of food? Do they hunt for sport, do they hunt for hate, do they hunt for the lust of blood? . . . . . . If I were a god I would get me a spear, I would get me horse and dog, And merrily, merrily I would ride through covert and brake and bog, With hound and horn and laughter loud, over the hills and away-- For there is no sport like that of a god with a man that stands at bay! Ho! but the morning is fresh and fair, and oh! |
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