will
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14
i54
@
mistress'eyes are nothing like the sun; t'tot
lf snow
b"@
6i!h y
d,rl*
r lips'
an
Coral is far mo
dr b"j) htL
tl
46.l,,to,lo'l'8
ilu ti
(.i
then her breasts are d un;
lf hairs b"@ res, black@
+g
@
res grow on her head. rn*3
,clcalu*ri bloa'lt
rniXed toloult
5
I have seen roses darirasked, red and white,
p
Not
Fk, iutt
N
Bu t no such roses see I in her cheeks;
A
S
And in some perfu mes is there more delight
t
0
r
rl
E
..uI[\
^4rli- -,Lflsn.el*Fi;, p)
Aa"dral
nL
t''
0n"daates
Than in the breath that from mY mistress reeks.
fas ,'t;re I
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
That m usic hath a far more pleasing sound;
'€)9,
I never saw
tt'^
Pdce
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the grou nA. -.+
by heaven,
lthink
she belied with false compare.
^.9 As any
:
hshe is
i'n her
lcrs
-4 t Li
<t
tn^
L
c
E ,arh
"lbo,ri
s S
Ln+
-+ori'rytics l,'vr llc r"3
Sk
doe
r
{t,,t
Aot
Jr't(f,
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tne
{f
tit.f l-*te
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kl^h'- {e^^P l,Me,1lJ
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+
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MOt
q.:S *a.ctih
t-{r's
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raSSert$,trr
-+ &mbic
-a
l'"1.e
L'
a
trfl
*{ye f
ove s rare
,, '
Lu*
fmli
a@ddess@; -Slows do^rn
4u'
u,^,''
trre
l-lubrr hc le
'J
I'r
I
Pc tYo.
f6fl
t
r
rhttr pce{s
/5',"
{rt(
ir *(.tte
*he
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brl
1r,7t
,
rle i{'1,
.
hr
fb
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s'hf
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ue
',
Glossary:
Known
for its bright red or pink colour
in
warm
seas.
large
reefs
typicallyforming
Coral: a hard stony substance,
greyish-brown
colour
Dun: a dull,
Damasked: patterned in pinks and red
Grant: admit
Rare: precious, unique
Belied: falsely portrayed
h;s I eoin*
NrrernAL
k__
I
)v'
ls't({
reailu
fle
v
J
2
'
.-+ achaal € ve..t
I
?g.eg VrAss
was
-$*l''ld
*,
-he ir a @
is not dead
- a"n\€f
the child rai ses His fists
who
-+ fr8rr(rr'Ihb'a
ell
e
Africa
iq*ocence
iyu
fu'r^
offreedom and heather
; ;,.,",$,
S";,n"
sc,-lrga*oo
nu,,..,,#lS*.
ts
/ryu*t^/*W\ll"oPe
,,!qr
6fu'", 7 ttov'r
i,ii*th
{r.'e
rtt
l''*(
'
, ryl- '#,f.1,;
'h S' nrl*:
rtr;i W'tt€ v
Pr,'Eo{
_r*#rpThe child raises his fists against his father
$'rrit
br,,ht
oA'4otin4
in the march of the
g-e nerations
who$ream Africa
6F ream
ttlrjf,lt r
L*t
6xler
1'krr.r,Jrs
of justice and blood
,'1{' hi,ll fe{ot
his*ggge yo*tr^
,ii;*ri,y
protxcr
in the streets ot
.
rek*'n
rfrecfritd is not dead
-Bihlical
t"
u't
L'ri:/rncr
httr.k
10
iJ
{zo','
{no(
^ ic,rd
lt\ Y^i
'"
nor at Orlando nor at Sharpeville
I
n
W1e
"
f"''
''
where he lies with a bullet in his head
15
"'4{0tde
p'o{''s{s
I
?oV*
is
suns
"r
J
*shoe&'n'g
the rr,*Lfl,tot* #,:1"J
gffit$9',, and batons
guard with
olA dderi'nraerl I ,
prri'* ^c,tg ,,n sf,'recl
\'^'
Jgnl e o{^ 6i;t{rarJt'
b ss
vrti\€
nor at the police station in Philippi
on
Pu
a llr,t"r,"on
neither at Langa nor at NYanga
rhe chitd
b
sotdicrr
7
t r'nq
rlffii;srl ati6n s
ra{rrng*e ffec'i
q the child peeps through the wi n##'ot'no, ses and into the hearts of mothers
the child is present at all meetings
\a
onni,tokal
s.\:tr," chitd who just *if;i33tst6tay in the sun at Nyanga is everyWhere
E tfr" child who became a man treks through all of Africa
*
n #'
the child who became a giant travels through the whol e woflo
firowtr$
Jbnre o4 {rc"do*
ithout
{**/a^ t( neerJeci !
D{ h,"r rLlut "
Tl,.e SensefrSs ners
0f offfi# + itf ls V'S
a pass
|(
A\ctt,xS t
t
aXa'xr* AYa'thad
"; *s*?e
fszlattct
f,wl
l( il r{
the
o,il
{t4t
2A
$,
l,'ne
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PA
,g,r,jfie$trH
;u/rc
t\:J
I
,
6{r0c{
5
i\(t \
urse
t
el-pc,.el
Oh all
PUN
not
our
Better that we should di e, than that we should lie down
(*rmtruo,t*
*,
lot'
Ot
,' P
Crihcr-lrJ cflfrPJJi'or'r
kd n^ tcne
{m1
re&r{
tu'
w
rfuil fo
I
{o^
rs,
10
. i#*w,'
Do no{ surrender I
b
r itet/rilua
o+ fin'onl
(ctll {u A'* t!
t
Glossary:
Pageantry: ceremonial display
Stubbled: cut ends ofstalks/plants; unshaven ; unkempt
Gush: flow out fast
Bounty: payment/generosity/something given in generous amounts
Bugled: music performed on a bugle, a military instrument used at funerals
Dirging: like a dirge -funeral song
Panoply: display or collection
Carrion: the rotting flesh of a dead animal
Brassy: music performed on a brass instrument like a bugle or trumpet
Death's-head: a human skull / svmbol of mortality
Prs," :G
Scythes: cuts down violently
Sn - trt S]
or
lack
of
something
Dearth: scarcity
4
q
anu"l
(\((\ vPJ
U
o{ felw {nfrror{ '{i'Y'
{o,,*ul, ''t'lt3r'nr
V,
'n v0r'r 'sl"n 7Ct5'
i
t
r drta,n,
boot*f N c* doad
tdtl t"
hes our ground
Sca,eiti
tan d dearth:-
of pai
And
perpk *
8r;oles +. hunr
-ilr,,
i,'{€
irtt
(,'veJ
t
Canhart
,,.
t.l AD+
{ulurc /ne*t
dodrc"fu
w-
Cr
Va lertcall
.rre he,r
rfr
"
l: -b,g',Il'*,#*i,a
u*ffi,
?i:-7 L,ryP*
f\d
rn
g
b.S,
return from the land of exile and silence,
0
L
.-%
Ae doP.l nut
do not bring me flowers. IrnPf,{nf,\rg
L+s"pe,frrr
all
tears
l
tr,"@t"t
which witnessed@
ser
rlJ h((o rla'*, j
f oalenee
dg
'l"t' fuafurr ,rffe.t 69 s*{i{,"5 of
t ren
#
l-ru.c€
nng m the immense hunger for love
+ hu*n"n eonnechbrr
pe'ple
5
mactl
Jfffiiid sexes in star-studded ni ght. fl1,**ce t',Tuh
"f
or.le*fu.d
Nhbel
* Wa{f g
ring m
e long night'of sleeplessness
*parlel
ne{
with mothers mourning, their arms 6#;ii of sons' *sadrrec s
nd the pPi?*,
-0
t-k uva,.t
ypWhen I return from the land of exile and silence
no, do not brins me flowers
uF
€'il'ty hahi lfrrce(" I
rcda'rda"t
ring m
the
-
n+
...
zny ka,t ir
X
I
'
NTJ
'
-rt"2h'i3n
n at dav-break
But he il
\-/^-r'-\'^
{hro*'
s"tkn iJ
lrdgme" t
,kt$
-f
this
wish of
^^(1(LfiD"t,
r.of
c\
her"o
-
l€
^(kt"
with a wingless ston e in hand
and a thread of anger snaking from their
eyes.
#;P[ jr,ut'te
toet aptunrs the "sr.+,)r''e,.{ o{
P(orss
r
?ae
m -+ No7
4{1P9"
Sfu za J
fon e
3
'la^e
r,t
,(
o{
Glosarv:
Exile :
banishment/expulsion/deportation
/*s.t
S*,r,re*
Ve
-
*'+lrv"*e^'13
Ol^faqoa{
Menactng
, /ost rffv t"n,U i
faWayt" ll+
loi
t' kyen?n€
lirte-r)
rse
,qrief ,
d^gtt /(L;ttY,nett
ul€arn,hg
-
l* g
loss
&ro,,4 cert
14
o( {nrdo-
rk\&g drnd
Plaint: plea
Tumid: largelswollen
Bereft: deprived
10
'
th frn:J o( hiu
i?
Talk
P*r
a
Let's talk to the
visiting us in summer
3_
t
ask how it is in other countries
ftbwrd
'
I*i
rtr
Let's talk to the afternoon shadow
Un
&rlg,19 rvt{$e
ask how the day has been so far
Ht
b
ltas "glYl
r"r'rr fLr
[11viY,Qr ourJ tc't€
f-
votd(J'
ct
OprAt"OA '
Let's raise ou,.
ofrtifoll{r",
ask them what they
fio/'h'("|
5
don't know of us
t"lb'^q iJ
u.leleej
I;ndc$rd fu C[lo^'
fl,ase SlarrZa'f 6LN
words hav'e lost"mean ing
tike alt notations they've
b""ffiil'"
lahts /,rr;rrca,r,
ffi,r
Il*'t
Conms*t*as1'el '
most people will admit
ove'slat € /6oete*allr,^^| I€
a whining woman can overstate her case
04
+becat*s
10
tt.
I'At,',qCe
./t;Litr's'
Talk to the paralysing heat in the air
the1Iglg5legs will tast
inquire how long
has,*
I
uppnert,"n
)"w;
€E V€,{S€
I lrlen-whr
f.ega.rArrl a t
ask how the stench is like down rhere ) 'ltdS"
b-'t
Let's pick out items from the rubbish heap
Let's talk to the peach
tree roo$el
i{ &ak {o
pernnaner.{
rh
find out.how it feelq to.be in-the sround
"o*n
Hr,^r
pe,rrtnaner.* [^ern"
b^d
/
IlYavP'
ask if it isn't enoug h_eyeipg what's been going on
e dub
pl''es {wn
-l.5rn
come
on
let's talk to
t
it's about time
devil
Tyne
Srtur.a{,"o^ r:,r
r i.re 7
n
,tt
p{^.rorg
'unJ'
Pl*, -
c*^fo
P.'f le tlYa'*
H"f
Perrrr /^&$ -see
all
Let's talk to the moon going down
rnoo/t'loo b'a'
'
fl"^gt f
{**
I Apaaheid {y"b^
$,,.r1y:*u1,%!,^o( ftu*19
ko13 o{Prdt}€,
evenk
/o?t*rs
SW fff.$w,
20
leryt rfftt'*
t2
uur^
t{e,^
h{n"r^
tu[*sr.t
W'y
wa[
Masks
Lo apptul
tB hfqle/
lit'
oni
{r^
r,u^fur
ulonfo
rwle
I
+
era8flHuJ,k, red mask, you black and white masks,
lar masks through whom
3.
,n"i[fffLrreathes,
e^wil
And
You
5
You
h't-{
di*ffdf; nd wrinkles.
Masks of masklesj;faces, free from
*'
brrrourracq
You have composed this image, this my face that bends over the alta r of white paped
toCrraa,rdl
n^oJL?
Le Nvered
a
ln the name of your image, listen to
s
Now while the Africa of
Like that of Euro
is dying
to whom
* l"*-w\
-
it is the
.
of
x
is connected th
.*5 r*''r
.10
/ Nle,aU
la..^d
the
€tnn. P frrred
*o as*
CourQ
Now fix yo ur immobile eves upon your children who h &"tBS catted ^nblL,ar'
L.dI I giv'e g
Ji'er',1r,'rr
MuJf c,'l umL{hca I co'l
And who s acrifice their lives like the
rma
tB
ft,
$r
-ch,td
0*d'
ld bei ng the leaven that the
&J'
owt'l
io.e,
L,
{r*
{r*,
ir PY^\;
h1e
W
STSusln];,.lrsahta
has died of machines an d cannons? 15
For who else should ejaculate the cry of joy, that arouses the dead and the wise in a new
q.*n? NeW dry "
rehi'rfl^
Say, who else c9uld return
C-rytS.,n .rlH',,,.,
the memorv of life to men with
n",*l'J,il'Lo!{#{^,
*b+&t 7
apl','rt &* , atber't
' orry l,t*le '
torn hope?
and oiry men
They call us men of death.
But we are the men of the dance whose feet only gain power when they
soit.
}rrnec*ed
,b tM Wtk *
A*Sverf
&stn
fowerl.-l
*
C,he$n'c"t)
Lre;t"ge -
A"*#{n^rd
UrfiueY.
fw$tne
?o
q'+ '{hL o,d
Glossarv:
Mortal: human/certain to die eventually
Despotism : Authoritarianism/dictatorship
Pitiable: pitif ul/evoking compassion
Leaven: Yeast-like ingredient which makes bread rise
Ejaculate: exclaim suddenly and loudly
{o, d.
fx,:n dws
fv
Confix
{a-ubwr,
/Lo+
rwd b
t,*r,
'tol.iaals.
r.4
rft/L Uh,,,tud ,,w*ofvro, (upun,\
vl o l.o.e
)
raln
tn
L
=
st entered,
ti.rcr$t
s|,'ll tB
ca{ne
who is not frightened?
hosh'tifu
the sea is swollen, churnirlg in llgLglwaves
Se^se
around the rocks, the sand is sinking away
the seagulls will not
,.H6r**,,
under this sky, this shrirud
who is not frightened?
.f
ctoth
--{
ko,"t/
vfole rtce
*ff*
fko.re
bo
+ cl.ba,tler
5
ba^g e{
falling
*lt
,'{
fffiit*'T'Lo&-ous
u( r'pe
-'*+lacL
in every part of the city, sad women climbing onto buses,
dogs barking in the street, and the children
*
in everydoorway crying,
!.1
{
fl
.
[p,
,n" world is sov
10
hitt,/alone
a
'fd.rxHndu,T between hav€u'
tt
*
ka.rt
|114ve Ao ko
'rrgk*tiAi*tqftEf,
-s
and the women return with slow stqps
to the chitdren, the,*Ket, the sky
*iifff'1n.?"llr.n bell; {*ne..."t
these women are aWe of sadness
$tn"V
will drown the world, .5o
m*ch
wo{neA *n: halPkcs
Ylu.,ir s,TLtahbn s
'$etdner(
@
on
everffiner
men standinful
old stumFin the rain, tombsl6nes
lo[lc"rs
t*oro
,
dttpe,"tt
dla.d tttolt
abre
engraved with open eyes
ggg$ps the bright
Lrctl?
fu
ehuo1e
-i"rf a *ru
2A
cars full of sated faces
t&, (^&^^t) CarS
ryfl;orrr,n*,*lfif#,*ffi pass therf,
SrffieJ / {"U I X"f f I
d0
not
*fk,
who is not frightened?
j
jl]fl
fle{p/
running 6 tr\re I 4C-hv€
thin g iFe barest twigs they,kindte a fire l,'&-09,.r'13
4
fl\al\ o'rs lhvrt'tle
into the rain the children are
@
to fight the winter, their bare bodies
25
u""Le elrarl
- pova/5, hu^3er - fkose
and the sffillansing under centuries of rain
- a^golY opptecrforr
,l{irittne
the wind
of dead chitdren
lffa
u rb
lent t^f"r,U
6eco^e unte-ohle
mountain crying,
who is not
d of this winter
coming upon us now?
Anapkp,'6
[.as
t'A
-
f*rrn,ry
€ygtyorvr is
Slote d
f
an''*ous
30
16
,-4 i,lone b*+ nof
. h?tr
@gflf
f"r
sy necdrebte
@
a
chobe
4/,6[YecseJ
perple
ughs with you;
Laugh, and the
Jaa{nrss
Weep, and you
4orbkd
For the'sad old ea
alone;
7
jogf
gpxal*
hu,'n0.",
borrow its mrrth.
n.
;tr^,.iip,,t"
t
and
the air;
is lost on
The echoes
a
from
But sh
r$o**l
iltl
joyful.sound,
rP
* $'^ol
slunzar f
o €vZ.n
,9
it
reord'N
Pry t ,,,.tq{ry
P
a,4:{errt
tvt
Sto,rars t+z =b?H*j:i,
a c{r orrs
uoi#fl1'r". x ec ho
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
UnOr^*'
to'
[,rtut'u-
10
all
erooA
They want fuii measure of all your plia-sure,
sadness
But they do not need your woe.
s,"fes
Be glad, and your friends are many;
Be sad, and you lose them
Pos
all,-
There are none to decline your
laryt
your
Feast, and
halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
rrle $ hare
,$
on [q
-J
? ler,j.t,fs
die.
aloae
But one by one
o%ill@
a
l''lC
lfile on
Through the narrow a isles of pain.
!/^*/z1-A..r
[nivgrsa
tr"d
I
huvrton
6sAd,'ht,
n
i
20
thtntr
For there irs rollm in the halls of pleasure
@D
ror
rge and
@
Uva
trnosl[3 J
dlone
V1
l-a
Cntos*(,1 )
hit'fy
&tr
ft'nneS
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
But no man can help you
u{ refe *1-,>rt
15
"".#:*wine,
But alone you must drink life's *O#" Su$e'r a lone
oylence
* lrtr *'l.,le
il,
Lpfs
Sha^'^9 !
0{1
b"fit
foun
ovtl
"
rhl0rf\a {KP
1fr
P*
,+ Soc-,? [
[44A>
,
Purk
!
hle
alone *solrt"tde
LlSolilarg acfr
d{-att
we
Ckarr ,qood -(lfref , nol bad
- +
f"'e {o"' +-o-r'k/ hcad- o'-t'
)Ht!ltA^.|'"tf''uo
.
M
ner
Sun
$${*
tree,
rhe greeffEl""H,"low
o"0,";p,
t
is;[ining on
The morning sun
ah^nkNe
rl
t';re
;;;;,;;;;--'lr''
../o,g'.
&aotY
ro oan9upon my knee.
The
fount.in UuRt",
,
CheuY*{
*"rr,fl l*pf r"ntJJ
5
spring,
The
i
Sensog-
@s ht anfuu nshine
happy &"r,P0 rds sing. CAteb. ah.q
n
The
-
feJ oicd
t'oh
"Uyd;;"',
atl
@
The earth is clothed with beauty,
The air is filled withXong,
10
O
"l>bw,s tre#o5d
the wind
({'twa tD t"e
The y'ellow thorn
W
ith odou
rs
&veeYa
nd
bn'^)
-so
fi*^3
t
@ro n g.
There is a hand I never touch
And a face I never see;
lolrnen,fd Jadnerr
I g''C
Now what is$)rnshine, what is@ng,
),!ur,
'
w'!T,*|tr:,ry#
ha
iF
tu^l*rt
b-;" Ui
Now what is light to me?
w
+
n$ealt o{\ ho
P(
(
e+ b,r* u) .,
dipd
ch;ld
hrt
ctnesr
c,t
S
0wA
d,"d *rloJ ft
aeprissid
eclw
ij
Jhe
o{
ffiY'ElQit
caula"+U
kof P*h
h**V Jne
s€€
r" lrr J ?.ven t( l-an zqd '
bJ"Ia( rk3nea r hqt/,
L/,
a;{er
-?,o b 0r
tV
alure
J;"
-b
ric*
Glossary:
Odours: smells
It
+
qln^os* 'Sr
I
Cr
*el
iron4
her
l-ne{,
'Y
4
-rut"
Srrnloea
Ao+
he'
fi Calt dance o{1
Ch,
ld
"
21
It is a bea
evenine. cal m and free
William
..w-
vi
t)
w
Uen"h"{.rl
It is a beauteous evenine. calm and free-al
?
Pra4lns
€j
hofftime is quiet@a
nrr.n + SowLer
The
Pearc
,i[jl;
L
voteal /lS rf fie^tle
ffiv*
Slltthhei acrosr W;aoo
it, #tHti,lfffi,I'foo &l , Sh ll , solt,ga**{e
(il
re.(.techot, '
gentlen ess ot 1D
neaven rs on tne sea: no* furb,,olen{
'lrre
*Ff"r,&i,
scde
AN€ r
ls sinking down in
The
[isten!the migh ry]Jerng
And doth
Dar,t{t
thunder@ve ilastingly
r
-il'e
i,.a"ts he{ to ? arht 'ga*4" )a
Grd is alwagc + €ve'ildhet€
krrSa'j
i;h.railu
!
that wal kest with me here,
lf thou appear untouched by solemn thought
hotq / p*.a
t* Thy nature is not therefore
^o4 lcrrlesst{vine:
AB
nrophet
Thou liest in Abfa Hani's bosom all
,W;, r;*
And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner
God beins witr, t{i3e when
s
rine
does
nt
Srerra aJ 10
ar,.lgs+raok
protecf
ed
in*rna&,
ffi8lfno* itnot. &ra
*
, |.t-fied.,on o
a /,
t
a,fl
{r>rn
P*archan
t$r
Cro$'s
I
frate^
ce
4are e Yen itr
wP a'r* wnaw&{e
S'f4'Js o*$
pa'fl'e.'n
-
Chntfi2pa le"ts
nfs
pree^t)
Nat*re * &od
lV
,5u4d,re/ tnntt^
* G"d i"c' o.0,,\^
alwa1s
- 56rl
Ebrnot, r$,ne
EJ
{,'vre^t
t-l€
h his eternal motion make
cle&s
A soun
l-ie
5
.T*,lcad
-M
ls awaKe, --+ IYol" rq =th€ 0ivtne
hnma,rd
o
-ngll,t
Socrd
.g Breathlesd with adoration ; the broad sun
'J)
I
A"t df-m r,s ohet€
Ly<"tcfr L
bea{ o$ Ne+u"fl
t -addresspg (srtt Pa-l!-,o{1
- spatrrt C 0fytft--t€n
ofawb
?
cLLyrne q bbo qcca de$
ffg
|.raf *
Nature
P.u,rwn*c f4*,e,rcot
beautiful
oi4
iber
Glossarv:
Beauteous:
Tranquillity: serenity/calmness
Doth: does
Solemn: serious
Abraham's bosorn: Heaven
Shrine: place of worship
*
rtddrerrer lrrs owA Aotg
In,tocence -{
$$ldren r
I,;+i/
, Cxalme
Cl grs "U)
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Fern
Hill
Now
a
-
Ac{ual
lace
*tufy f loce !
- ?wral {or^land
n
taachrs
the apple boughs
and
About
1
was green,
t
-rry&t
Wabe, refieck
rr,lbq
rhe nig*\above the dinde starry,
climb
.ffiffi;&,",,r:ftrc r:
TimeYet me hail and
nlor, {Ylc,tYrpab s d
frnaf
ij,iJtt^
'LJ'
ruporh,<t n ,,ud<d
And honoured amont *r*r:Hr,#f r prince of the apple towns
5
yfl:tp'&- ssow
lorf d( i'nnocenC +
And once below a time t}b!,!Xfrad the trees and leaves
Trail with daisies and barley
Down the rivers of the windfall light.
invpenbnrcd
qu$a
or1
Wouff{*
SP€c't'al
i*itl'ka*a + Lna^'s il{.a
'
wetl
barns
goncrfr
Abor.rt the happy yard and singing as the farm *rr!g€,
And as I was Seei and carefree, fanid,.ir irnong the
10
,
Sl* zN l-3
l+ odtt p'fYn'wca
tos tchild
n*flo* "Trs
,
a t"'e^d
a
An
6 @lrbrato,y.-mood
an the calves
UO*raro =#I
*(onnf
{0
sang to rny Ag*f,Tn:%f.' on the hills barked clear and cold,
l+w
ilth clg.q
And the sabbath rang slowly
ln the pebbles of the holy
s treams.
&"d crex&d
nfaf"re
-
onde,r
d"'t
f awe
{ewrenc€
All the sun long it was running, it wasJg5ty, the hay
Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air
2A
And playing,lq9]1r and watery
And rire
#"!lt{rr*I;r,
And nightly under the simple stars
As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm
away, dfeA^ ,.6rlc)
All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, th"
#i!ki#, b'dt
25
haq,$dd(
Flying with the ridks, and the horses
Flashing into the dark.
tignt y<antng of* furr(r('
har2
t
t\
{
cal
26
And then
tit " 'r- fi3 .
and the farm, like a wanderer white
,lyk:,
"Y{n
With the dew, come back, the coc
Si6Fcel
Shining, it was Adam and
his shoulder: it was all
Vve
maiden, Of<a'fiior'r
6f b.t'{-
)'J&
The sky gathered again
30
$ont'
And the sun grew round that very day.
&qtt*q
So
it must have been after
,h"?iffi
of the simple
light - [lU
,(is+ @dort
ln the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm
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Out of the whinnying green stable
On to the fields of praise. leve(e^te
S{,,, vas l+-b
.htul
And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house
LT
ln the sun born over and over, t^unJ 't''ne
+t uoh"lltsl
I ran my heEdless ways,
ittnocence
t
-
te{afo/ lD Ma'n+
,a*v
€ve ' +o
t-Dfttl .frtnn $tace
My wislles raced through th
ta"re
*f
tdl I
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
+Ne
And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows
tn all his tunefulturning so few and such morning songs
Before the children green and golden
Follow him out of
Nothing r cared, in the
Up to the swalto*
grace,
As
o{ (de,t
Mqvt n./.:.te kid*d at*l
,I;;'J#,i:ffirs,
that time would take me
q$'
flii$,SSo ,ou by the shadow of my hand,
^ror
ln the moon that is always rising,
Nor that riding to
I should hear
IL,
45
sleep
\tO*
^J-p
50
fly with the high fields
And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.
l\L & rcuu older
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and
Though I sang in
l-{e rnCI.'tr,,}s
chains
9{ne
fil the sea.
ftdult tetTcn;' ,'6,'lifibr)
h;; r,;i go+tt"
'
Nnt",e Iri, fu s
.Pttffirtl-
fonl
Connecfi" an
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-A,t'
ffffi:'#uq[\#ifr* oo",Qceteb,ah{
Emily Dickinson
The Shipwreck
land;
Four have recovered the
Forty gone down
4
L
E*rw'ved
together UO drov'ned
c*"u'aed mole^fl$
lntothe.boilingsand. furnultt ou'5 S0q -
e lort+r- o{ s"o *
\
onlg4
CTEocJ
tr,
Neig
spi
"ffitg
Ivat
i
lncrearet 8^uf
,\ !, r -,
o rQ C e le irr^lon!
s
t r,e n#i'e sou tr,ewpbru ^l.o drowqd
. .tnowr .l6t e^! I
hbour and tnencl and bridegroom,
rooah
ceq
i ffie'up,iil the shoa lflssrru
d
f shock-
Ho^, ln,.tt 't4'\rs clo,iJ
l,: && Sh;h jtutt
A
shrt f lnulne
Elanta fd,^qtfis"
nf"t $,n
C lose
+
*/shoclc
be bA?
,D
Hbw they will tell the shipwreck
*n"n *'""Qn;?f$h" door' full
abc
chil<]ren 6loa'2t
llnYa I
c n'qff
Till the children ask, 'But tfre toru1@ enry,t;ri'g loae
d"'o^tn?
+ttJ
Did they come back no mor@
#
Th e n a@
I
'1
@)--+eruphasires sctdness
e nE@rffu ses the(yo ry,
And a@ftness the tell,er's eYe;
rnovt'u!'^l
-slows d''wo fac€-
sor{o{t
"*fo anJwer( tD hg5
reply. .-Ao e^pu ctichis ffi""d
And the children no fu rtherquestion,
And only the
Poer" con{rask
Sorrow tkat
-T+
h,gL tg
hts
the
l+o
i
0u{
Glossary:
Glee: happinesslcelebration
Scant: limited
Toll: slow ring of a bell
Bsnnie: lovely/good
Shoals : sandbanks/reef/shallow waters
Suffuses: spreads th rough
*o^e
,J
,{
r,P
le
Su,rv
d,ra-rl
{esPffiSe
5{a"zrs
,slnnzrr
l+f,
v
al
o+ 4
.
+o
gz\ert* evoltr'r
/us,
g''r{'
p€dPfe a-^d
bf
{'"fe
- c&b.crl', on
3+L{ s ful*f'' ve - ynef
=
porrfi've
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