by Alfred Edward Housman (1859 - 1936)

They shall have breath that never were
Language: English 
 -- They shall have breath that never were,
But he that was shall have it ne'er;
The unconcieved and unbegot
Shall look on heaven, but he shall not.

 -- The heart with many wildfires lit,
Ice is not so cold as it.
The thirst that rivers could not lay
A little dust has quenched for aye;
And in a fathom's compass lie
Thoughts much wider than the sky.

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