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Thread #105603 Message #2541616
Posted By: akenaton
17-Jan-09 - 04:02 PM
Thread Name: BS: Poems that speak to you.
Subject: RE: BS: Poems that speak to you.
HIGH AND LOW
He stumbled home from Clifden fair With drunken song, and cheeks aglow. Yet there was something in his air That told of kingship long ago. I sighed -- and inly cried With grief that one so high should fall so low.
He snatched a flower and sniffed its scent, And waved it toward the sunset sky. Some old sweet rapture through him went And kindled in his bloodshot eye. I turned -- and inly burned With joy that one so low should rise so high.