A Shropshire Lad/From far, from eve and morning

by Alfred Edward Housman

XXXII

From far, from eve and morning
And you twelve-winded sky,
The stuff of life to knit me
Blew hither: here am I.

Now—for a breath I tarry
Nor yet disperse apart—
Take my hand quick and tell me,
What have you in your heart.

Speak now, and I will answer;
How shall I help you, say;
Ere to the wind's twelve quarters
I take my endless way.

 

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