A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman
page 46 of 67 (68%)
page 46 of 67 (68%)
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THE IMMORTAL PART
When I meet the morning beam, Or lay me down at night to dream, I hear my bones within me say, "Another night, another day." "When shall this slough of sense be cast, This dust of thoughts be laid at last, The man of flesh and soul be slain And the man of bone remain?" "This tongue that talks, these lungs that shout, These thews that hustle us about, This brain that fills the skull with schemes, And its humming hive of dreams,-" "These to-day are proud in power And lord it in their little hour: The immortal bones obey control Of dying flesh and dying soul." " 'Tis long till eve and morn are gone: Slow the endless night comes on, And late to fulness grows the birth That shall last as long as earth." "Wanderers eastward, wanderers west, Know you why you cannot rest? 'Tis that every mother's son |
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