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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PRAYER, by JOHN COWPER POWYS Poet's Biography
First Line: Choked we live, and choked we die
Last Line: Death!
Subject(s): Breath; Death; Life; Prayer; Dead, The
First Line: Choked we live, and choked we die
Last Line: Death!
Subject(s): Breath; Death; Life; Prayer; Dead, The
Choked we live, and choked we die.
Give us air and give us space,
You intolerable sky!
'Tis not much -- a little grace --
'Tis not long -- a little thing --
That before our burying
We may cry one natural cry.
O to put into one breath --
Only one, --
All the poison of our hate,
All -- all -- all -- that came too late;
Give us that; -- and when that's done,
Death!
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