A Shropshire Lad by A. E. Housman
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page 57 of 67 (85%)
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Before the east is grey."
"When I from hence away am past I shall not find a bride, And you shall be the first and last I ever lay beside." She heard and went and knew not why; Her heart to his she laid; Light was the air beneath the sky But dark under the shade. "Oh do you breathe, lad, that your breast Seems not to rise and fall, And here upon my bosom prest There beats no heart at all?" "Oh loud, my girl, it once would knock, You should have felt it then; But since for you I stopped the clock It never goes again." "Oh lad, what is it, lad, that drips Wet from your neck on mine? What is it falling on my lips, My lad, that tastes of brine?" "Oh like enough 'tis blood, my dear, For when the knife has slit The throat across from ear to ear |
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