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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

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XIII. THE DESERTER

36 lines
A.E. Housman·1859–1936
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What sound awakened me, I wonder,For now 'tis dumb.""Wheels on the road most like, or thunder:Lie down; 'twas not the drum.: "Toil at sea and two in havenAnd trouble far:Fly, crow, away, and follow, raven,And all that croaks for war." "Hark, I heard the bugle crying,And where am I?My friends are up and dressed and dying,And I will dress and die." "Oh love is rare and trouble plentyAnd carrion cheap,And daylight dear at four-and-twenty:Lie down again and sleep." "Reach me my belt and leave your prattle:Your hour is gone;But my day is the day of battle,And that comes dawning on. "They mow the field of man in season:Farewell, my fair,And, call it truth or call it treason,Farewell the vows that were." "Ay, false heart, forsake me lightly:'Tis like the brave.They find no bed to joy in rightlyBefore they find the grave. "Their love is for their own undoing.And east and westThey scour about the world a-wooingThe bullet in their breast. "Sail away the ocean over,Oh sail away,And lie there with your leaden loverFor ever and a day."
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