by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Crossing alone the nighted ferry
Language: English
Crossing alone the nighted ferry With the one coin for fee, Whom, on the wharf of Lethe waiting, Count you to find? Not me. The brisk fond lackey to fetch and carry, The true, sick-hearted slave, Expect him not in the just city And free land of the grave.
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- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 23, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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Word count: 49