by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)
Half‑way, for one commandment broken
Language: English
Half-way, for one commandment broken, The woman made her endless halt, And she to-day, a glistering token, Stands in the wilderness of salt. Behind, the vats of judgment brewing Thundered, and thick the brimstone snowed; He to the hill of his undoing Pursued his road.
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- by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936), no title, appears in More Poems, no. 35, first published 1936 [author's text checked 1 time against a primary source]
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