On 2/5/2012 8:28 AM, Chris Barker wrote:
I'm still password prevented from the images.
> ... the graveyard contains the gravestone of William Ernest Henley. I didn't
> really know of him until I first found the grave some years ago, but he has
> written some well-known poems, including "Invictus".
>
> The poem on his gravestone (also that of his daughter and of his wife) goes,
>
> “So be my passing
> My task accomplished and the long day done
> My wages taken, and in my heart
> Some late lark singing
> Let me be gathered in the quiet west
> The sundown splendid and serene, Death.”
I like.
A slightly different voice on the same subject.
<http://www.poetry-archive.com/j/mother_night.html>
> ...
>
> All in all, it's a thought-provoking place, especially in the quiet of a
> snowy Sunday morning.
All but the snow part sounds lovely. :-)
Hold the Snow Moose
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