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\u00a0Horae Solitariae<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

One lady, I recall, the relict perhaps
\nof an insolvent rake, would sit and mutter
\nin a temper out of keeping with her age.
\nI saw her once, and others of the damned,<\/p>\n

take shelter under the same tree from the rain.
\nSo anxious to impress, none said a word
\nwhile overhead the invisible voices
\nof small birds made a melancholy sic transit<\/em>.<\/p>\n

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\nRose Acre Papers<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

As Milton learnt to weave into his lines
\nthe minute drops from off the eaves<\/em>
\nthe rain has said the many things
\nof which I have made copies.<\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

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 <\/p>\n


\nThe Icknield Way<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

At the grocer\u2019s shop they were killing a pig
\non the other side of the wall. Neither
\nthe screaming nor the end of it disturbed
\nhis cutting up of lard and the women
\ntalking of the coronation. Tonight,
\nI think I hear bacon frying in a room nearby
\nwith a noise almost as loud as the pig
\nmade when it was stuck, but it is the rain
\npouring steadily off the inn roof.<\/p>\n

 
\n
\nThe Heart of England<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

After work I look forward
\nto songs at The Chequers<\/em>, a shamefaced walk
\nwith a girl, fishing for tench and eels,
\neven cricket. But after marriage all that is past.<\/p>\n

The workmen are gone, faint lights appearing
\nthrough the blinds of finished houses.
\nThere is no sunset, only a veil of mist.
\nThe end of the day dies a natural death in bed.<\/p>\n

 
\n
\nIn Pursuit of Spring<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Rows of finches hung along the wall,
\nbattered ones a shilling and
\nthe neater ones for eighteen-pence,<\/p>\n

linnets pushing up against the edges
\nof their six-inch cage, sounding
\nas they had among the Downs.<\/p>\n

I saw a man leave clutching at
\na paper bag and not much further
\nup the road bend down to let<\/p>\n

one of the poor things go; outside,
\namong the trees, that finch\u2019s
\ndingy plumage made no mark.<\/p>\n

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