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A. E. Housman: "More Poems" - XXVI.
Es leidln, sågts, håbts 'sLebm gern,
und håbts fian Sinn a gspiar?
hå då a feitl, wia hoit d'feitl ghern,
zwöf schilling hån i zoit dafiar.
und steck ma i des in mei herz
daun kråcht da hümmi zaum
und weg schwoabt's d'festn vo da erd
und ålle werdts draun glaubm!
XXVI
Good creatures, do you love your lives
And have you ears for sense?
Here is a knife like other knives,
That cost me eighteen pence.
I need but stick it in my heart
And down will come the sky,
And earth's foundations will depart
And all you folk will die.
Quote/Copy from Martin Hardcastle's poetry page (2018-06-02)
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