Copyright, 1921, byJohn BennettPrinted in U. S. A.
Copyright, 1921, byJohn BennettPrinted in U. S. A.
TO
TO
... You, and you, and you,... who have gone greatly hereIn friendship, making some delight, some trueSong in the dark, some story against fear.... Lovers yet shall tell the nightingaleSometimes a song that we of old time made,And gossips gathered at the twilight aleShall say, “Those two were friends,” or “UnafraidOf bitter thoughts were those because they lovedBetter than most.”... There in the midst of all those words shall beOur names, our ghosts, our immortality.—John Drinkwater.
... You, and you, and you,... who have gone greatly hereIn friendship, making some delight, some trueSong in the dark, some story against fear.... Lovers yet shall tell the nightingaleSometimes a song that we of old time made,And gossips gathered at the twilight aleShall say, “Those two were friends,” or “UnafraidOf bitter thoughts were those because they lovedBetter than most.”... There in the midst of all those words shall beOur names, our ghosts, our immortality.—John Drinkwater.
... You, and you, and you,... who have gone greatly hereIn friendship, making some delight, some trueSong in the dark, some story against fear.
... You, and you, and you,
... who have gone greatly here
In friendship, making some delight, some true
Song in the dark, some story against fear.
... Lovers yet shall tell the nightingaleSometimes a song that we of old time made,And gossips gathered at the twilight aleShall say, “Those two were friends,” or “UnafraidOf bitter thoughts were those because they lovedBetter than most.”
... Lovers yet shall tell the nightingale
Sometimes a song that we of old time made,
And gossips gathered at the twilight ale
Shall say, “Those two were friends,” or “Unafraid
Of bitter thoughts were those because they loved
Better than most.”
... There in the midst of all those words shall beOur names, our ghosts, our immortality.
... There in the midst of all those words shall be
Our names, our ghosts, our immortality.
—John Drinkwater.
—John Drinkwater.
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