Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE UNCONCERNED; SONG, by THOMAS FLATMAN


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First Line: Now that the world is all in a maze
Last Line: And keep himself safe from the noise of gun.
Subject(s): Human Behavior; Conduct Of Life; Human Nature


NOW that the world is all in amaze,
Drums and trumpets rending heav'ns,
Wounds a-bleeding, mortals dying,
Widows and orphans piteously crying;
Armies marching, towns in a blaze,
Kingdoms and states at sixes and sevens:
What should an honest fellow do,
Whose courage, and fortunes run equally low!
Let him live, say I, till his glass be run,
As easily as he may;
Let the wine, and the sand of his glass flow together,
For life's but a winter's day.
Alas! from sun to sun,
The time's very short, very dirty the weather,
And we silently creep away.
Let him nothing do, he could wish undone;
And keep himself safe from the noise of gun.





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