will

..,d{t
14 o{ i54
@
$''[, mistress'eyes are nothing like the sun; t'tot dr b"j) htL
tl (.i
Coral is far mo an r lips' d,rl* 46.l,,to,lo'l'8
ilu ti
lf snow b"@ 6i!h y then her breasts are d un;
res grow on her head. rn*3
@ +g ,clcalu*ri bloa'lt
lf hairs b"@ res, black@
rniXed toloult
5
I have seen roses darirasked, red and white,
Aa"dral
..uI[\
p
N
Bu t no such roses see I in her cheeks; Not Fk, iutt ^4rli- -,Lfl-
sn.el*Fi;, p)
nL

A
S And in some perfu mes is there more delight
t
0
0n"daates
Than in the breath that from mY mistress reeks.
t''
4u' ,, '
r fas ,'t;re I Lu*
rl I love to hear her speak, yet well I know
E
That m usic hath a far more pleasing sound; tt'^ l'"1.e
10
fmli
I never saw a@ddess@; -Slows do^rn -+ori'rytics l,'vr llc r"3
Pdce
'€)9,
My mistress, when she walks, treads on the grou nA. -.+
Sk doe r Aot {t,,t
by heaven, lthink ove s rare *{ye f Prertet''s Jr't(f, {f tne
AFFIBM J
tit.f l-*te
^.9 As any
:
she belied with false compare. L
c raSSert$,trr
hshe is tn^ L'
i'n her a

lcrs <t trfl E ,arh "lbo,ri

-4 t Li Ln+
s S kl^h'- {e^^P l,Me,1lJ
*

-+ &mbic i,.< )
+ Spc rfic

MOt q.:S *a.ctih u,^,'' I Pc tYo. r rhttr pce{s

-a t-{r's trre I'r f6fl t /5'," {rt(
ir *(.tte brl '{e h;s I eoin*
l-lubrr hc le fb
'J
Glossary: *he ue
'er I" 1r,7t ', , rle i{'1, . hr {* P,e
s'hf i'r NrrernAL
k__
'

Coral: a hard stony substance, typicallyforming large reefs in warm seas. Known for its bright red or pink colour
Dun: a dull, greyish-brown colour
Damasked: patterned in pinks and red
Grant: admit
)v' I
Rare: precious, unique fle reailu ls't({ v
Belied: falsely portrayed J
2
 I
.-+ achaal € ve..t ?g.eg VrAss
was

-$*l''ld is not dead

-he ir a @
*, iq*ocence /ryu*t^/*W\ll"oPe
- a"n\€f
the child rai ses His fists
who Africa e ell
-+ fr8rr(rr'Ihb'a
iyu
ts
,,!qr
6fu'", 7 ttov'r
rtt l''*(
offreedom and heather fu'r^ {r.'e i,ii*th '

; ;,.,",$, S";,n" nu,,..,,#lS*. Pr,'Eo{

'h S' nrl*: , ryl- '#,f.1,; br,,ht
sc,-lrga*oo rtr;i W'tt€ v
_r*#rp-
The child raises his fists against his father
$'rrit

oA'4otin4
in the march of the g-e nerations
L*t ttlrjf,lt r 6xler
who$ream Africa 6F ream 1'krr.r,Jrs

of justice and blood

b
his*ggge yo*tr^
L'ri:/rncr
in the streets ot ,'1{' hi,ll fe{ot
protxcr .
sotdicrr
t" httr.k 10
,ii;*ri,y Pu
u't iJ
{zo','
rek*'n
rfrecfritd is not dead a llr,t"r,"on
-Bihlical {no(
neither at Langa nor at NYanga I W1e olA dderi'nraerl I ,
^ ic,rd
"
nor at Orlando nor at Sharpeville lt\ Y^i n
f"''
'' prri'* ^c,tg ,,n sf,'recl
nor at the police station in Philippi
'"
vrti\€ \'^'
Jgnl e o{^ 6i;t{rarJt'
"r

b ss
J
where he lies with a bullet in his head
*shoe&'n'g 15
"'4{0tde

p'o{''s{s I
7
rhe chitd the rr,*Lfl,tot* #,:1"J
is ?oV*
on guard with gffit$9',, and batons
suns
t r'nq
rlffii;srl ati6n s
the child is present at all meetings
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 2A

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
aXa'xr* AYa'thad

firowtr$ Jbnre o4 {rc"do* "; *s*?e

* u rfl I
ithout a pass{**/a^ t( neerJeci ! fszlattct f,wl l,'ne PA t\:J

l( il r{ the ,g,r,jfie$trH
Tl,.e SensefrSs ners D{ h,"r rLlut " {t4t
o,il ;u/rc 6{r0c{
,

0f offfi# + itf ls V'S t $, 5

|( A\ctt,xS t
 i\(t \

urse

t
el-pc,.el perpk * r drta,n,
Oh all
boot*f N c* doad w
not PUN rs,
tdtl t" anu"l
I rfuil fo
our
hes our ground q re&r{ {o^ 10

And of pai
Sca,eiti
tan d dearth:- tu' . i#*w,'
Better that we should di e, than that we should lie down Do no{ surrender I
(*rmtruo,t*
*, (\((\ vPJ
Ot
lot' U

o{ felw {nfrror{ '{i'Y' r itet/rilua b o+ fin'onl

{o,,*ul, ''t'lt3r'nr
V,
{m1 i ,' P 'n v0r'r 'sl"n 7Ct5'
(ctll {u A'* t!
Crihcr-lrJ cflfrPJJi'or'r
kd n^ tcne t dodrc"fu
8r;oles +. hunr
-ilr,,
Glossary:
Pageantry: ceremonial display
Stubbled: cut ends ofstalks/plants; unshaven ; unkempt
(,'veJ t Cr w-
Va lertcall
Gush: flow out fast
Bounty: payment/generosity/something given in generous amounts
i,'{€ Canhart
.rre he,r
Bugled: music performed on a bugle, a military instrument used at funerals irtt ,,. t.l AD+
Dirging: like a dirge -funeral song rfr "

Panoply: display or collection {ulurc /ne*t

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
Scythes: cuts down violently
Dearth: scarcity or lack of
4 Prs," :G
something
Sn - trt S] l: -b,g',Il'*,#*i,a
u*ffi,
?i:-7 L,ryP*
 rn

f\d
g
b.S,
0

return from the land of exile and silence,

.-% L

do not bring me flowers. IrnPf,{nf,\rg Ae doP.l nut ser

L+s"pe,frrr l rlJ h((o rla'*, j
all tr,"@t"t
dg f oalenee
'l"t' fuafurr ,rffe.t 69 s*{i{,"5 of
tears which witnessed@ # t ren pe'ple
l-ru.c€
nng m the immense hunger for love + hu*n"n eonnechbrr 5
mactl
nd the pPi?*, Jfffiiid sexes in star-studded ni ght. fl1,**ce t',Tuh
"f
ring m
or.le*fu.d Nhbel
e long night'of sleeplessness
* Wa{f g
*parlel
with mothers mourning, their arms 6#;ii of sons' *sadrrec s ne{ -0
t-k uva,.t lrdgme" t
ypWhen I return from the land of exile and silence ^^(1(LfiD"t,
n+ s"tkn iJ '
no, do not brins me flowers ...
uF €'il'ty hahi lfrrce(" I
rcda'rda"t - zny ka,t ir ,kt$
ring m
-f I NTJ
this
'
the wish of -rt"2h'i3n
n at dav-break But he il r.of c\ her"o - l€ ^(kt"
\-/^-r'-\'^
X {hro*'
with a wingless ston e in hand
and a thread of anger snaking from their eyes. Ol^faqoa{ *'+lrv"*e^'13
- Menactng
#;P[ jr,ut'te
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* faWayt" ll+ lirte-r)

4{1P9" Ve rse

Sfu za J fon e ,( ul€arn,hg ,qrief , - loss

r,t
3 'la^e o{ d^gtt /(L;ttY,nett
Glosarv:
l* g &ro,,4 cert o( {nrdo-
Exile : banishment/expulsion/deportation 14 rk\&g drnd
Plaint: plea
Tumid: largelswollen
Bereft: deprived

10
 i?
th frn:J o( hiu P*r
Talk a
Let's talk to the visiting us in summer 3_

t
ask how it is in other countries ftbwrd I*i rtr f- b '
ltas "glYl
r"r'rr fLr
[11viY,Qr ourJ tc't€
Let's talk to the afternoon shadow Un &rlg,19 rvt{$e '

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
words hav'e lost"mean ing
I;ndc$rd fu C[lo^' Il*'t
tike alt notations they've b""ffiil'" fl,ase SlarrZa'f 6LN
lahts /,rr;rrca,r, Conms*t*as1'el '
most people will admit
ove'slat € /6oete*allr,^^| I€ 04
a whining woman can overstate her case 10
+becat*s I'At,',qCe tt.

ffi,r ./t;Litr's'
Talk to the paralysing heat in the air

inquire how long the1Iglg5legs will tast

has,* I uppnert,"n
)"w; €E V€,{S€

I lrlen-whr
Let's pick out items from the rubbish heap b-'t
'unJ'
f.ega.rArrl a t
ask how the stench is like down rhere ) 'ltdS"

Let's talk to the peach tree roo$el rh pernnaner.{ Pl*, - P.'f le tlYa'* H"f
find out.how it feelq to.be in-the sround
Hr,^r i{ &ak {o "o*n
b^d / IlYavP'
pe,rrtnaner.* [^ern" Perrrr /^&$ -see
Let's talk to the moon going down all fl"^gt f evenk /o?t*rs
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 {** SW fff.$w,
pl''es {wn n ,tt
r i.re 7
-l.5rn
come on

let's talk to t devil

p{^.rorg I Apaaheid {y"b^ 20
it's about time
Tyne $,,.r1y:*u1,%!,^o( ftu*19
ko13 o{Prdt}€,
leryt rfftt'*
t2
 t{e,^ h{n"r^ oni {r^ r,u^fur
uur^ tu[*sr.t
Masks
wa[
W'y ulonfo I rwle

Lo apptul lit' +
tB hfqle/
era8flHuJ,k, red mask, you black and white masks, 3.

lar masks through whom ,n"i[fffLrreathes,

And e^wil
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? toCrraa,rdl a Le Nvered
ln the name of your image, listen to
s .*5 r*''r
Now while the Africa of is dying - it is the of . .10
x la..^d / Nle,aU
Like that of Euro to whom is connected th the €tnn. P frrred *o as*
CourQ
Now fix yo ur immobile eves upon your children who h &"tBS catted ^nblL,ar'
ft,
Ji'er',1r,'rr
And who s acrifice their lives like the
L.dI I giv'e g
MuJf c,'l umL{hca I co'l
rma tB $r -ch,td 0*d'
ld bei ng the leaven that the
&J' owt'l {r* {r*, L, h1e W
io.e, ir 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 * * Lre;t"ge - UrfiueY.
fowerl.-l ?o

A*Sverf C,he$n'c"t)
q'+ '{hL o,d
&stn
fw$tne
Glossarv:

{o, d.
Mortal: human/certain to die eventually
Despotism : Authoritarianism/dictatorship {a-ubwr,
Pitiable: pitif ul/evoking compassion
Leaven: Yeast-like ingredient which makes bread rise
Ejaculate: exclaim suddenly and loudly
fx,:n dws
fv
/Lo+ rwd b
Confix t,*r, 'tol.iaals.
r.4
 rft/L Uh,,,tud ,,w*ofvro, (upun,\ vl o l.o.e )

tn raln 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 ,'{ vfole rtce + cl.ba,tler
around the rocks, the sand is sinking away 5
ba^g e{
the seagulls will not ,.H6r**,,
ctoth
under this sky, this shrirud falling fko.re *ff*
who is not frightened? *lt .f
--{
ko,"t/ bo fffiit*'T'Lo&-ous
-'*+lacL
u( r'pe
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 a

!.1 ,n" world is sov [p, 'rrgk*tiAi*tqftEf, d.rxHndu,T between hav€u'
ka.rt tt
'f-
|114ve Ao ko
*
{ and the women return with slow stqps -s
Lrctl?
fl to the chitdren, the,*Ket, the sky *iifff'1n.?"llr.n bell; {*ne..."t
. these women are aWe of sadness

will drown the world, .5o m*ch '$etdner( wo{neA *n: halPkcs fu ehuo1e
$tn"V Ylu.,ir s,TLtahbn s
@
on everffiner men standinful
, dttpe,"tt
old stumFin the rain, tombsl6nes
engraved with open eyes
t*oro
lo[lc"rs
dla.d tttolt abre -i"rf a *ru
2A

ggg$ps the bright cars full of sated faces SrffieJ / {"U I X"f f I
t&, (^&^^t) CarS
ryfl;orrr,n*,*lfif#,*ffi pass therf, d0 not jl]fl fle{p/ 4 fl\al\ o'rs lhvrt'tle
who is not frightened? *fk, j
into the rain the children arerunning 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

u""Le elrarl lent t^f"r,U
- pova/5, hu^3er - fkose
t'A u rb
,l{irittne of dead chitdren
and the sffillansing under centuries of rain
- a^golY opptecrforr [.as 6eco^e unte-ohle
the wind lffa mountain crying,
who is not d of this winter

coming upon us now? f*rrn,ry f an''*ous

30

Anapkp,'6 - €ygtyorvr is Slote d 16

 a
,-4 i,lone b*+ nof @gflf chobe

. h?tr 4/,6[YecseJ
reord'N
sy necdrebte f"r perple
@
Laugh, and the ughs with you; 7
Jaa{nrss
Weep, and you
4orbkd
alone;
jogf hu,'n0.", gpxal* rP * $'^ol
For the'sad old ea borrow its mrrth.
o €vZ.n slunzar f
n.
;tr^,.iip,,t" t
P
a,4:{errt

Pry t ,,,.tq{ry
,9
tvt
and

it is lost on the air;

The echoes a joyful.sound, iltl r$o**l Sto,rars t+z =b?H*j:i,
a c{r orrs
But sh from uoi#fl1'r". x ec ho

Rejoice, and men will seek you;

Grieve, and they turn and go; 10

UnOr^*' to' [,rtut'u- all erooA
They want fuii measure of all your plia-sure,
sadness
0{1
But they do not need your woe.
foun b"fit
s,"fes
Be glad, and your friends are many;

Be sad, and you lose them all,- Pos il, * lrtr *'l.,le
Lpfs u{ refe *1-,>rt
There are none to decline your Sha^'^9 ! 15
"".#:*wine,
But alone you must drink life's *O#" Su$e'r a lone

oylence laryt ,$ rrle $ hare Cntos*(,1 )

Feast, and your halls are crowded;
? ler,j.t,fs on [q
-J
&tr hit'fy "
Fast, and the world goes by.
ft'nneS Uva rhl0rf\a {KP
Succeed and give, and it helps you live, i 1fr
trnosl[3 J ovtl
P*
But no man can help you die. dlone 20

For there irs rollm in the halls of pleasure thtntr ,+ Soc-,? [ ,

ror @
aloae
But one by one
@D
rge and o%ill@ a lfile on l''lC V1 l-a hle
[44A> Purk
!

Through the narrow a isles of pain. d{-att - alone *solrt"tde

!/^*/z1-A..r
LlSolilarg acfr

[nivgrsa I huvrton 6sAd,'ht, n we

- + Ckarr ,qood -(lfref , nol bad .

tr"d f"'e {o"' +-o-r'k/ hcad- o'-t'

)Ht!ltA^.|'"tf''uo
 M Sun ner

$${*
The morning sun is;[ining on t
rhe greeffEl""H,"low tree, ah^nkNe rl
t';re ../o,g'.
o"0,";p, ;;;;,;;;;--'lr'' &aotY
i
,

ro oan9upon my knee. CheuY*{

The fount.in UuRt", *"rr,fl l*pf r"ntJJ 5

spring,
t'oh
The
Sensog-
n
@s ht anfuu nshine
"Uyd;;"',
The happy &"r,P0 rds sing. CAteb. ah.q - atl
feJ oicd
@
The earth is clothed with beauty,

The air is filled withXong, 10

"l>bw,s tre#o5d
The y'ellow thorn
O
the wind ({'twa tD t"e bn'^) -so fi*^3 t

W ith odou rs &veeYa nd @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,

Now what is light to me? ),!ur,

' w'!T,*|tr:,ry#
b-;" Ui tu^l*rt iF ha w
-?,o b 0r a;{er n$ealt o{\ ho
tV alure +
P(
ctnesr ( hrt ch;ld dipd e+ b,r* u) .,
0wA S c,t

ij eclw aeprissid J;"

d,"d *rloJ ft
Jhe
s€€ h**V Jne caula"+U ffiY'ElQit o{
kof P*h It
bJ"Ia( rk3nea r hqt/, r" lrr J ?.ven t( l-an zqd '
L/,
+
-b ric* I
qln^os* 'Sr
'Y
-rut"
Glossary:
Odours: smells *el iron4 4 Srrnloea fi Calt dance o{1
Cr ld
her l-ne{, Ao+ he' Ch, "

21
 It is a bea evenine. cal m and free William
..w-
vi
Pearc A"t df-m r,s ohet€
Uen"h"{.rl
,i[jl; scde
t)
w It is a beauteous evenine. calm and free-al L -ngll,t
Pra4lns €j
The hofftime is quiet@a
nrr.n + SowLer
ffiv* voteal /lS rf fie^tle
Slltthhei acrosr W;aoo Socrd 'lrre AN€ r
?
.g Breathlesd with adoration ; the broad sun
'J)
*Ff"r,&i,
I ls sinking down in it, #tHti,lfffi,I'foo &l , Sh ll , solt,ga**{e
(il re.(.techot, '
The gentlen ess ot 1D
neaven rs on tne sea: no* furb,,olen{ 5
hnma,rd
[isten!the migh ry]Jerng .T*,lcad
ls awaKe, --+ IYol" rq =th€ 0ivtne
-M -il'e
t-l€ i,.a"ts he{ to ? arht 'ga*4" )a {,'vre^t
And doth h his eternal motion make
cle&s
Grd is alwagc + €ve'ildhet€
Dar,t{t
A soun thunder@ve ilastingly krrSa'j
i;h.railu
r ! that wal kest with me here,
lf thou appear untouched by solemn thought does nt Srerra aJ 10
^o4 lcrrlesst{vine:
hotq / p*.a ar,.lgs+raok
t* Thy nature is not therefore
AB nrophet
Thou liest in Abfa Hani's bosom all ,W;, r;* protecf
ed * alwa1s I Cro$'s frate^
ce

And worshipp'st at the Temple's inner s rine in*rna&, - 56rl

God beins witr, t{i3e when ffi8lfno* itnot. &ra 4are e Yen itr wP a'r* wnaw&{e
Ebrnot, r$,ne -
pa'fl'e.'n S'f4'Js o*$

, |.t-fied.,on o lV Chntfi2pa le"ts

,5u4d,re/ tnntt^ nfs
* G"d i"c' o.0,,\^ t pree^t)
o l-ie EJ a,fl {r>rn Nat*re * &od
a /, P*archan t$r Ly<"tcfr L
oi4 bea{ o$ Ne+u"fl iber
ofawb - spatrrt C 0fytft--t€n
?
t -addresspg (srtt Pa-l!-,o{1
cLLyrne q bbo qcca de$
ffg
|.raf *
Glossarv:
beautiful
Beauteous:
Nature P.u,rwn*c f4*,e,rcot
Tranquillity: serenity/calmness
Doth: does

rtddrerrer lrrs owA Aotg

Solemn: serious
I,;+i/
Abraham's bosorn: Heaven
Shrine: place of worship
, Cxalme
In,tocence -{
Cl grs "U)
* $$ldren r
23
 Ac{ual lace - ?wral {or^land *tufy f loce !
Fern Hill - n
taachrs
Now a and the apple boughs 1
t
About was green, -rry&t
rr,lbq
rhe nig*\above the dinde starry, Wabe, refieck or1
nlor, {Ylc,tYrpab s d
climb
.ffiffi;&,",,r:ftrc r:
TimeYet me hail and
frnaf
ij,iJtt^
'LJ' 5
ruporh,<t n ,,ud<d
And honoured amont *r*r:Hr,#f r prince of the apple towns

And once below a time t}b!,!Xfrad the trees and leaves yfl:tp'&- ssow
Trail with daisies and barley lorf d( i'nnocenC +
Down the rivers of the windfall light. '
Wouff{*
invpenbnrcd SP€c't'al
qu$a i*itl'ka*a + Lna^'s il{.a wetl
And as I was Seei and carefree, fanid,.ir irnong thebarns , 10
goncrfr
Abor.rt the happy yard and singing as the farm *rr!g€,

n*flo* "Trs
, Sl* zN l-3
a t"'e^d l+ odtt p'fYn'wca
tos tchild a
An an the calves
6 @lrbrato,y.-mood
{0 *(onnf
sang to rny Ag*f,Tn:%f.' on the hills barked clear and cold,
UO*raro =#I d"'t
ilth clg.q
And the sabbath rang slowly
l+w onde,r f awe
ln the pebbles of the holy s treams. &"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 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
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 tit " 'r- fi3 .
And then ,lyk:, and the farm, like a wanderer white

With the dew, come back, the coc "Y{n his shoulder: it was all
Si6Fcel Vve
6f b.t'{-
Shining, it was Adam and maiden, Of<a'fiior'r 30
$ont'
The sky gathered again
)'J&
And the sun grew round that very day.

,(is+ @dort
&qtt*q
So it must have been after ,h"?iffi of the simple light - [lU
ln the first, spinning place, the spellbound horses walking warm

Out of the whinnying green stable 35

On to the fields of praise. leve(e^te

.htul S{,,, vas l+-b

And honoured among foxes and pheasants by the gay house
LT
Under the new made clouds and happy as the heart was long, tdl I *f
t ittnocence -
ln the sun born over and over, t^unJ 't''ne
te{afo/ lD Ma'n+
+t uoh"lltsl
I ran my heEdless ways, ,a*v €ve ' +o
My wislles raced through th
t-Dfttl .frtnn $tace
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 45

Nothing r cared, in the ,I;;'J#,i:ffirs, that time would take me

Up to the swalto* flii$,SSo ,ou by the shadow of my hand,
^ror
q$'
ln the moon that is always rising,

Nor that riding to sleep \tO* ^J-p

I should hear fly with the high fields 50
IL,
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

Nnt",e Iri, fu s
9{ne
Though I sang in chains fil the sea.
l-{e rnCI.'tr,,}s ftdult tetTcn;' ,'6,'lifibr) .Pttffirtl-
h;; r,;i go+tt" '
fonl Connecfi" an
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 -A,t'
The Shipwreck Emily Dickinson

ffffi:'#uq[\#ifr* oo",Qceteb,ah{ L

Four have recovered the land; 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 shock-
onlg4 ,\ !, r -,
CTEocJ
tr,
"ffitg Ivat i o rQ C e le irr^lon! s abc l,: && Sh;h jtutt
t r,e n#i'e sou tr,ewpbru ^l.o drowqd A
Neig
. .tnowr .l6t e^! I
hbour and tnencl and bridegroom,
rooah ceq
shrt f lnulne +

spi i ffie'up,iil the shoa lflssrru */shoclc Elanta fd,^qtfis"

Ho^, ln,.tt 't4'\rs clo,iJ be bA? C lose

nf"t $,n
,D
d
Hbw they will tell the shipwreck llnYa I
*n"n *'""Qn;?f$h" door' full chil<]ren 6loa'2t c n'qff
Till the children ask, 'But tfre toru1@ enry,t;ri'g loae

Did they come back no mor@ +ttJ # d"'o^tn?

'1
rnovt'u!'^l
-slows d''wo fac€-
*o^e
@)--+eruphasires sctdness
Th e n a@ I e nE@rffu ses the(yo ry,

And a@ftness the tell,er's eYe; sor{o{t

And the children no fu rtherquestion, "*fo anJwer( tD hg5 gz\ert* evoltr'r g''r{'
And only the reply. .-Ao e^pu ctichis ffi""d

al o+ 4 p€dPfe a-^d
Poer" con{rask
Sorrow tkat
the
l+o
i ,J ,{
le
Su,rv
d,ra-rl .
v

r,P
-T+ h,gL tg hts 0u{ {esPffiSe +o /us, bf {'"fe

Glossary: 5{a"zrs l+f, = - c&b.crl', on

porrfi've
Glee: happinesslcelebration
Scant: limited ,slnnzrr 3+L{ s ful*f'' ve - ynef
Toll: slow ring of a bell
Bsnnie: lovely/good
Shoals : sandbanks/reef/shallow waters
Suffuses: spreads th rough

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