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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE UNTHRIFT, by JOHN FREEMAN Poet's Biography
First Line: Here in the shade of the tree
Last Line: Is gone.
Subject(s): Old Age; Solitude; Loneliness
First Line: Here in the shade of the tree
Last Line: Is gone.
Subject(s): Old Age; Solitude; Loneliness
HERE in the shade of the tree
The hours go by
Silent and swift,
Lightly as birds fly.
Then the deep clouds broaden and drift,
Or the cloudless darkness and the worn moon.
Waking, the dreamer knows he is old,
And the day that he dreamed was gone
Is gone.
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