Creep into thy narrow bed, Creep, and let no more be said! Vain thy onset! all stands fast. Thou thyself must break at last! Let the long contention cease! Geese are swans, and swans are geese. Let them have it how they will! Thou art tired; best be still! They out-talked thee, hissed thee, tore thee? Better men fared thus before thee; Fired their ringing shot and passed, Hotly charged -- and sank at last. Charge once more, then, and be dumb! Let the victors, when they come, When thy forts of folly fail, Find thy body by the wall!
The Delinquents
Opera by Martin Kalmanoff (1920 - 2007)
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Language: English
Text Authorship:
- by Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888), "The last word", appears in New Poems, first published 1867
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