When You are Old - by
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
/ And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
/ And slowly read,…
When you are old and grey and full of sleep,
/ And nodding by the fire, take down this book,
/ And slowly read,…
Far `yont amang the years to be
/ When a’ we think, an’ a’ we see,
/ An’ a’ we luve, `s been dung…
Siphoned from their beds,
/ periwinkles crack open
/ on Beijing pavements;
/
/ storm-addled tadpoles
/ carpet downtown Kolkata;
/ red ants rain on Bonn.
/
/ Loose tongues spread the news:
/ the Second…
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