will
..,d{t
o{ i54
14
@
$''[, mistress'eyes are nothing like
the sun; t'tot dr b"j) htL
an
Coral is far mo
d,rl*
r lips'
6i!h y then her breasts are d
lf snow b"@
lf hairs b"@ res, black@
tl
46.l,,to,lo'l'8
ilu ti
(.i
un;
+g
@
res grow on her head. rn*3
,clcalu*ri bloa'lt
rniXed toloult
5
I have seen roses darirasked, red and white,
p
Fk, iutt
N
Bu t no such roses see I in her cheeks; Not
A
S
And in some perfu mes is there more delight
t Than the breath that from
in
0
r
..uI[\
^4rli- -,Lflsn.el*Fi;, p)
Aa"dral
nL
t''
0n"daates
mY mistress reeks.
4u' ,, '
Lu*
fas ,'t;re I
rl
I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
E
That m usic hath a far more pleasing sound; tt'^
'€)9,
fmli
I never saw a@ddess@; -Slows do^rn Pdce
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the grou nA. -.+
by heaven, lthink
hshe is tn^
i'n her
lcrs
<t
trfl
L
10
-+ori'rytics l,'vr llc r"3
Sk doe r Aot {t,,t
*{ye f Prertet''s
ove s rare
she belied with false compare.
^.9 As any
:
l'"1.e
tne
Jr't(f, {f
tit.f l-*te
AFFIBM J
c raSSert$,trr
L'
a
E ,arh
"lbo,ri
s S kl^h'- {e^^P l,Me,1lJ
-4 t Li Ln+
-+ &mbic
*
i,.< )
+ Spc rfic
MOt q.:S *a.ctih u,^,'' I
-a t-{r's
trre I'r
l-lubrr hc le
'J
Pc tYo. r
rhttr pce{s
f6fl t /5'," {rt(
ir *(.tte
*he 'er I " 1r,7t rle i{'1, .
,
brl
hr
fb
{*
'{e
P,e
s'hf
i'r
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
fle reailu ls't({ )v' v
J
2
.-+ achaal € ve..t
I
?g.eg VrAss
was
-$*l''ld is not dead
*,
-he ir a @
- a"n\€f
the child rai ses His fists
who
/ryu*t^/*W\ll"oPe
-+ fr8rr(rr'Ihb'a ,,!qr
ell
e
Africa
iq*ocence
iyu
fu'r^
offreedom and heather
; ;,.,",$, S";,n" nu,,..,,#lS*.
6fu'", 7 ttov'r
ts
{r.'e
rtt l''*(
i,ii*th '
, ryl- '#,f.1,; br,,ht
'h S' nrl*:
rtr;i W'tt€ v
Pr,'Eo{
sc,-lrga*oo
_r*#rpThe child raises his fists against his father
$'rrit
oA'4otin4
in the march of the g-e nerations
who$ream Africa
ttlrjf,lt r 6xler
L*t
1'krr.r,Jrs
6F ream
of justice and blood
in the streets ot
b L'ri:/rncr
u't {zo',' iJ
,'1{' hi,ll fe{ot Pu t" httr.k
his*ggge yo*tr^
,ii;*ri,y
protxcr . sotdicrr
rek*'n
rfrecfritd is not dead
-Bihlical
10
a llr,t"r,"on
{no(
neither at Langa nor at NYanga
^ ic,rd
I
W1e
"
''
f"''
lt\ Y^i
'"
nor at Orlando nor at Sharpeville
n
\'^'e o{^ 6i;t{rarJt'
Jgnl
b ss
vrti\€
nor at the police station in Philippi
where he lies with a bullet in his head
suns
"r
J
*shoe&'n'g
rhe chitd is the rr,*Lfl,tot* #,:1"J
gffit$9',, and batons
on guard with
olA dderi'nraerl I ,
prri'* ^c,tg ,,n sf,'recl
15
"'4{0tde
p'o{''s{s
I
?oV* 7
t r'nq
the child is present at all meetings rlffii;srl ati6n s
ra{rrng*e ffec'i
q the child peeps through the wi n##'ot'no, ses and into the hearts of mothers
\a
onni,tokal
s.\:tr," chitd who just *if;i33tst6tay in the sun at Nyanga is everyWhere
E tfr" child who became a man treks through all of Africa
*
n #'
the child who became a giant travels through the whol e woflo
2A
aXa'xr* AYa'thad
firowtr$ Jbnre o4 {rc"do* "; *s*?e
I
l,'ne * u rfl
t\:J
fszlattct
!
f,wl
neerJeci
t(
{**/a^
,g,r,jfie$trH
D{ h,"r rLlut " {t4t l( il r{ the
Tl,.e SensefrSs ners
o,il ;u/rc 6{r0c{
$,
V'S
itf
+
ls
0f offfi#
PA
ithout a pass
,
|(
A\ctt,xS t
t
5
i\(t \
urse
t
el-pc,.el perpk
Oh all
PUN
not
our
of pai
And
Better that we should di e, than that we should lie down
(*rmtruo,t*
*,
lot'
Ot
boot*f N c* doad
tdtl t"
hes our ground
Sca,eiti
tan d dearth:-
r drta,n, t
*
anu"l
rfuil fo
I
q re&r{ {o^
tu'
w
rs,
10
. i#*w,'
Do no{ surrender I
(\((\ vPJ
U
r itet/rilua b o+ fin'onl
'{i'Y'
{nfrror{
o{
{o,,*ul, V ,
felw
''t'lt3r'nr
i
,' 'n P v0r'r 'sl"n 7Ct5'
{m1
cflfrPJJi'or'r (ctll {u A'* t!
Crihcr-lrJ
kd n^ t
tcne
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
-ilr,, (,'veJ t dodrc"fu
w
8r;oles +. hunr
Cr
Va lertcall i,'{€ Canhart .rre
he,r
irtt ,,. t.l
AD+
{ulurc /ne*t
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 ser
do not bring me flowers. IrnPf,{nf,\rg
rlJ h((o rla'*, j
L+s"pe,frrr l
all tr,"@t"t
tears
which witnessed@
f oalenee
dg
'l"t' fuafurr ,rffe.t 69 s*{i{,"5 of pe'ple
t ren
#
l-ru.c€
nng m the immense hunger for love + hu*n"n eonnechbrr
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
t-k uva,.t ^^(1(LfiD"t, lrdgme"
ypWhen I return from the land of exile and silence
n+
no, do not brins me flowers ...
uF
€'il'ty hahi lfrrce(" I
rcda'rda"t - zny ka,t ir
ring m
the
this
,kt$
-f
-rt"2h'i3n
n at dav-break
wish of
I
NTJ
'
But he il r.of c\ her"o - l€ ^(kt"
\-/^-r'-\'^
X {hro*'
s"tkn iJ '
with a wingless ston e in hand
and a thread of anger snaking from their eyes.
#;P[ jr,ut'te
-
Ol^faqoa{ *'+lrv"*e^'13
Menactng
toet aptunrs the "sr.+,)r''e,.{ o{ /*s.t , /ost rffv t"n,U i loi t' kyen?n€
P(orss
r
?ae m -+ No7
S*,r,re*
4{1P9"
Ve rse
Sfu za J
fon e
3
'la^e
r,t
faWayt" ll+ lirte-r)
,( ul€arn,hg - ,qrief , loss
o{ d^gtt /(L;ttY,nett
Glosarv:
Exile : banishment/expulsion/deportation
l* g &ro,,4 cert o( {nrdo14 rk\&g
drnd
Plaint: plea
Tumid: largelswollen
Bereft: deprived
10
'
Talk
th frn:J o( hiu
i?
P*r
a
Let's talk to the
visiting us in summer
3_
t
ask how it is in other countries
ftbwrd
rtr f- b ' ltas "glYlfLr
I*i
[11viY,Qr ourJ
tc't€ r"r'rr
&rlg,19 rvt{$e '
Let's talk to the afternoon shadow
Un
ask how the day has been so far
Ht votd(J' ct fio/'h'("|
OprAt"OA '
Let's raise ou,.
ofrtifoll{r",
5
ask them what they don't know of us
t"lb'^q iJ u.leleej
I;ndc$rd fu C[lo^' Il*'t
fl,ase SlarrZa'f 6LN
words hav'e lost"mean ing
tike alt notations they've
b""ffiil'"
lahts /,rr;rrca,r,
Conms*t*as1'el '
most people will admit
ove'slat € /6oete*allr,^^| I€
a whining woman can overstate her case
04
+becat*s
ffi,r ./t;Litr's'
Talk to the paralysing heat in the air
inquire how long the1Iglg5legs will tast
has,* uppnert,"n
I
10
I'At,',qCe tt.
)"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$el rh
find out.how it feelq to.be in-the sround
Hr,^r i{ &ak {o "o*n
pe,rrtnaner.* [^ern"
pernnaner.{
b^d /
IlYavP'
Let's talk to the moon going down
ask if it isn't enoug h_eyeipg what's been going on
rnoo/t'loo b'a' e
dub Srtur.a{,"o^ r:,r c*^fo
pl''es {wn n ,tt r i.re 7
-l.5rn
come on
p{^.rorg
'unJ'
Pl*, - P.'f le tlYa'* H"f
Perrrr /^&$ -see
all fl"^gt f evenk /o?t*rs
{** SW fff.$w,
I Apaaheid {y"b^
let's talk to t
devil
it's about time
Tyne $,,.r1y:*u1,%!,^o(
ko13 o{Prdt}€,
20
rfftt'*
leryt
ftu*19
t2
uur^
t{e,^ tu[*sr.t h{n"r^ wa[
W'y oni {r^ r,u^fur ulonfo
Masks
Lo apptul
tB hfqle/
I
rwle
lit' +
era8flHuJ,k, red mask, you black and white masks,
3.
lar masks through whom ,n"i[fffLrreathes,
e^wil
And
You
5
You
h't-{
Masks of masklesj;faces, free from di*ffdf; nd wrinkles.
*'
brrrourracq *
l"*-w\
You have composed this image, this my face that bends over the alta r of white paped
n^oJL?
Le Nvered
toCrraa,rdl a
ln the name of your image, listen to
Now while the Africa of
Like that of Euro
s
is dying - it is the
is connected th
.
of
x
to whom
.*5 r*''r
the
.10
la..^d / Nle,aU
€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,
&J'
owt'l
io.e, ir
$r -ch,td 0*d'
ld bei ng the leaven that the
{r* {r*, L, h1e W
PY^\;
STSusln];,.lrsahta
has died of machines an d cannons? 15
For who else should ejaculate the cry of joy, that arouses the dead and the wise in a new
q.*n? NeW dry " rehi'rfl^
*b+&t 7
Say, who else c9uld return the memorv of life to men with torn hope?
apl','rt &* , atber't
C-rytS.,n .rlH',,,., n",*l'J,il'Lo!{#{^, and oiry men
' orry l,t*le '
They call us men of death.
But we are the men of the dance whose feet only gain power when they A"*#{n^rd
soit. }rrnec*ed ,b tM Wtk * fowerl.-l * Lre;t"ge - UrfiueY. ?o
A*Sverf &stn
C,he$n'c"t)
fw$tne
q'+ '{hL o,d
Glossarv:
Mortal: human/certain to die eventually
Despotism : Authoritarianism/dictatorship
Pitiable: pitif ul/evoking compassion
Leaven: Yeast-like ingredient which makes bread rise
Ejaculate: exclaim suddenly and loudly
{o, d. {a-ubwr,
fx,:n dws
fv
Confix
/Lo+
rwd b
t,*r, 'tol.iaals.
r.4
rft/L Uh,,,tud ,,w*ofvro, (upun,\ vl l.o.e )
o
raln
tn
L
=
st entered,
ti.rcr$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**,,
who is not frightened?
--{ bo
*lt .f ko,"t/
5
ba^g e{
ctoth
under this sky, this shrirud falling
,'{ vfole rtce + cl.ba,tler
*ff*
fko.re
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
10
* in everydoorway crying, hitt,/alone
!.1
a
'fd.rxHndu,T between hav€u'
tt
*
ka.rt
|114ve Ao ko
[p, 'rrgk*tiAi*tqftEf,
,n" world is sov
{ and the women return with slow stqps
-s
fl to the chitdren, the,*Ket, the sky *iifff'1n.?"llr.n bell; {*ne..."t Lrctl?
. these women are aWe of sadness
ehuo1e
wo{neA *n: halPkcs fu
will drown the world, .5o m*ch '$etdner(
s
$tn"V
Ylu.,ir s,TLtahbn
@
on everffiner men standinful
old stumFin the rain, tombsl6nes
lo[lc"rs
, dttpe,"tt
t*oro dla.d tttolt
abre
engraved with open eyes
-i"rf a *ru
2A
ggg$ps the bright cars full of sated faces SrffieJ / {"U I X"f f I
t&, (^&^^t)
ryfl;orrr,n*,*lfif#,*ffi pass therf,
CarS
d0 not
jl]fl fle{p/ 4 fl\al\ o'rs lhvrt'tle
who is not frightened?
*fk, j
into the rain the children are running 6 tr\re
I 4C-hv€
@
thin g iFe barest twigs they,kindte a fire l,'&-09,.r'13
25
to fight the winter, their bare bodies
t'A
,l{irittne of dead chitdren - pova/5, hu^3er - fkose u""Le elrarl
and the sffillansing under centuries of rain
the wind lffa mountain crying,
who is not
d of this winter
coming upon us now?
Anapkp,'6
- a^golY opptecrforr
f*rrn,ry f
- €ygtyorvr is Slote d
an''*ous
[.as
u rb
lent t^f"r,U
6eco^e unte-ohle
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
gpxal* rP
jogf hu,'n0.",
borrow its mrrth.
n.
;tr^,.iip,,t"
t
and
it is lost on the air;
But sh
iltl r$o**l
a joyful.sound,
* $'^ol
slunzar f
o €vZ.n
,9
The echoes
reord'N
Pry t ,,,.tq{ry
P
a,4:{errt
tvt
Sto,rars t+z =b?H*j:i,
a c{r orrs
from uoi#fl1'r". x ec ho
Rejoice, and men will seek you;
Grieve, and they turn and go;
UnOr^*'
10
to' [,rtut'u- all
erooA
They want fuii measure of all your plia-sure,
sadness
But they do not need your woe.
s,"fes
Be glad, and your friends are many;
il,
* lrtr *'l.,le
Lpfs
u{ refe *1-,>rt
Pos
Be sad, and you lose them all,-
Sha^'^9 !
There are none to decline your
15
"".#:*wine,
But alone you must drink life's *O#" Su$e'r a lone
oylence
laryt
your
Feast, and
halls are crowded;
Fast, and the world goes by.
,$
? ler,j.t,fs
o%ill@
a lfile on
Through the narrow a isles of pain.
!/^*/z1-A..r
&tr
Cntos*(,1 )
hit'fy "
Uva
rhl0rf\a {KP
i
20
For there irs rollm in the halls of pleasure
@D
ror
rge and
aloae
But one by one
on [q
-J
trnosl[3 J ovtl
But no man can help you die. dlone
@
rrle $ hare
ft'nneS
Succeed and give, and it helps you live,
0{1
b"fit
foun
thtntr
1fr
P*
,+ Soc-,? [
,
[44A> Purk !
l''lC V1 l-a hle
alone *solrt"tde
LlSolilarg acfr
d{-att -
I huvrton 6sAd,'ht, n - we Ckarr ,qood -(lfref , nol bad
+ f"'e {o"' +-o-r'k/ hcad- o'-t'
tr"d
[nivgrsa
.
)Ht!ltA^.|'"tf''uo
M
ner
Sun
$${*
t
The morning sun is;[ining on
rhe greeffEl""H,"low tree, ah^nkNe
t';re
o"0,";p, ;;;;,;;;;--'lr''
../o,g'.
CheuY*{
*"rr,fl l*pf r"ntJJ
5
spring,
The
i
&aotY ,
ro oan9upon my knee.
The fount.in UuRt",
rl
Sensog-
"Uyd;;"',
@s ht anfuu nshine
The happy &"r,P0 rds sing. CAteb. ah.q - atl
n
t'oh
feJ oicd
@
The earth is clothed with beauty,
The air is filled withXong,
10
O
({'twa tD t"e
"l>bw,s
The y'ellow thorn tre#o5d the wind
bn'^) -so fi*^3 t
W ith odou rs &veeYa n d @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
(
e+ b,r* u)
dipd
ch;ld
hrt
ctnesr
0wA
d,"d *rloJ ft
aeprissid
J;"
eclw
ij
Jhe
o{
-?,o b 0r
P(
a;{er
tV alure
.,
S c,t
h**V
s€€
Jne It caula"+U ffiY'ElQit
kof P*h
r" lrr J ?.ven
bJ" a( rk3nea r hqt/,
L/,
I
-b
ric*
Glossary:
Odours: smells
+
qln^os* 'Sr
I
Cr *el
her
'Y
t( l-an zqd '
-rut"
dance o{1
iron4 4 Srrnloea fi Calt
ld
l-ne{, Ao+ he' Ch, "
21
It is a bea
evenine. cal m and free
William
..w-
vi
Uen"h"{.rl
Pearc
,i[jl;
t)
It is a beauteous evenine. calm and free-al
?
rf fie^tle
The hofftime is quiet@a
voteal
nrr.n + SowLer
Slltthhei acrosr W;aoo
Breathlesd with adoration ; the broad sun
w
.g
'J)
I
Pra4lns
€j
ffiv*
L
/lS
*Ff"r,&i,
solt,ga**{e
(il
.T*,lcad
[isten!the migh ry]Jerng ls awaKe, --+ IYol" rq =th€ 0ivtne -M
h his eternal motion make
cle&s
Dar,t{t
krrSa'j
thunder@ve ilastingly
A soun
r
nrophet
God beins witr, t{i3e when ffi8lfno*
, |.t-fied.,on o
a /,
t
a,fl
{r>rn
P*archan
ar,.lgs+raok
I
Cro$'s frate^ ce
in*rna&, - 56rl
itnot. &ra 4are e Yen itr wP a'r* wnaw&{e
o*$
Ebrnot, r$,ne pa'fl'e.'n - S'f4'Js
lV
,5u4d,re/ tnntt^
* G"d i"c' o.0,,\^
does nt Srerra aJ 10
,W;, r;* protecf ed * alwa1s
And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner s rine
EJ
Grd is alwagc + €ve'ildhet€
i;h.railu
Thou liest in Abfa Hani's bosom all
o l-ie
-il'e {,'vre^t
! 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
AN€ r
5
i,.a"ts he{ to ? arht 'ga*4" )a
t-l€
And doth
-ngll,t scde
Socrd 'lrre
ls sinking down in it, #tHti,lfffi,I'foo &l , Sh ll ,
1D re.(.techot, '
The gentlen ess ot neaven rs on tne sea: no* furb,,olen{
hnma,rd
A"t df-m r,s ohet€
t$r
Chntfi2pa le"ts
nfs
pree^t)
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bea{ o$ Ne+u"fl
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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 I,;+i/ , Cxalme
In,tocence -{ $$ldren r
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
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t
was green, -rry&t
About
Wabe, refieck or1
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
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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$a
SP€c't'al
i*itl'ka*a + Lna^'s il{.a wetl
Wouff{*
barns
goncrfr
Abor.rt the happy yard and singing as the farm *rr!g€,
And as I was Seei and carefree, fanid,.ir irnong the
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,
Sl* zN l-3
l+ odtt p'fYn'wca
tos tchild
n*flo* "Trs
,
a t"'e^d
a
An
6 @lrbrato,y.-mood
an the calves
UO*raro =#I d"'t
*(onnf
{0
sang to rny Ag*f,Tn:%f.' on the hills barked clear and cold,
l+w onde,r f awe
ilth clg.q
And the sabbath rang slowly
ln the pebbles of the holy streams.
&"d crex&d nfaf"re - {ewrenc€
All the sun long it was running, it wasJg5ty, the hay
Fields high as the house, the tunes from the chimneys, it was air
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And playing,lq9]1r and watery
And rire #"!lt{rr*I;r,
And nightly under the simple stars
As I rode to sleep the owls were bearing the farm away, dfeA^ ,.6rlc)
All the moon long I heard, blessed among stables, th" #i!ki#,
b'dt
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haq,$dd(
Flying with the ridks, and the horses
Flashing into the dark.
tignt y<antng of* furr(r(' har2
t
t\
{
cal
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And then
tit " 'r- fi3 .
and the farm, like a wanderer white
,lyk:,
"Y{n his shoulder: it was all
Si6Fcel Vve
Shining, it was Adam and maiden, Of<a'fiior'r 6f b.t'{-
With the dew, come back, the coc
)'J&
The sky gathered again
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$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
*f
tdl I
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long,
ittnocence -
ln the sun born over and over, t^unJ 't''ne t
+t uoh"lltsl
I ran my heEdless ways,
te{afo/ lD Ma'n+
,a*v
€ve ' +o
t-Dfttl .frtnn $tace
My wislles raced through th
ta"re +Ne
And nothing I cared, at my sky blue trades, that time allows
tn all his tunefulturning so few and such morning songs
Before the children green and golden
Follow him out of grace,
As Mqvt n./.:.te kid*d at*l o{
(de,t
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Nothing r cared, in the ,I;;'J#,i:ffirs, that time would take me
q$'
Up to the swalto* flii$,SSo ,ou by the shadow of my hand,
^ror
ln the moon that is always rising,
Nor that riding to
I should hear
sleep
\tO*
^J-p
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IL, fly with the high fields
And wake to the farm forever fled from the childless land.
l\L & rcuu older
Oh as I was young and easy in the mercy of his means,
Time held me green and 9{ne
Though I sang in
chains
fil the sea.
l-{e rnCI.'tr,,}s ftdult tetTcn;'
h;; r,;i go+tt"
'
,'6,'lifibr)
Nnt",e Iri, fu s
.Pttffirtl-
fonl Connecfi" an
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ffffi:'#uq[\#ifr* oo",Qceteb,ah{
Emily Dickinson
The Shipwreck
Four have recovered the land;
L
4 E*rw'ved
Forty gone down together UO drov'ned
lntothe.boilingsand. furnultt ou'5 S0q -
\
c*"u'aed mole^fl$
e lort+r- o{ s"o * lncrearet 8^uf f shockonlg4
CTEocJ
tr,
Neig
"ffitg
,\
!,
r -,
s abc l,: && Sh;h jtutt
Ivat i o rQ C e le irr^lon!
t r,e n#i'e sou tr,ewpbru ^l.o drowqd
. .tnowr .l6t e^! I
hbour and tnencl and bridegroom,
rooah ceq
spi i ffie'up,iil the shoa
A
shrt f lnulne
Elanta fd,^qtfis"
nf"t $,n
C lose
+
lflssrru */shoclc
d Ho^, ln,.tt 't4'\rs clo,iJ be bA?
,D
Hbw they will tell the shipwreck
6loa'2t c
*n"n *'""Qn;?f$h" door' full chil<]ren
n'qff
llnYa I
Till the children ask, 'But tfre toru1@ enry,t;ri'g loae
d"'o^tn?
+ttJ
Did they come back no mor@
#
'1
@)--+eruphasires sctdness -slows
Th e n a@ e nE@rffu ses the(yo ry,
d''wo fac€- rnovt'u!'^l *o^e
I
And a@ftness the tell,er's eYe; sor{o{t
"*fo anJwer( tD hg5 gz\ert* evoltr'r g''r{'
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 i ,J
l+o
0u{
Glossary:
Glee: happinesslcelebration
Scant: limited
Toll: slow ring of a bell
Bsnnie: lovely/good
Shoals : sandbanks/reef/shallow waters
Suffuses: spreads th rough
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le
Su,rv v al
d,ra-rl .
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5{a"zrs
,slnnzrr
o+ 4 p€dPfe a-^d
/us,
bf {'"fe
l+f, = porrfi've - c&b.crl', on
3+L{ s ful*f'' ve - ynef
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