Sturdy dog Trot close round the corner,
I never caught him growling and biting.
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A city plum is not a plum;
A party rat is not a rat;A sailor’s cat is not a cat;A soldier’s frog is not a frog;A captain’s log is not a log.
There is nothing more that they can do
Caiaphas with his blaspheming crew,Herod with his host,Pontius Pilate in his Judgement-hallJudging their Judge and his,Or he who led them all and passed them all,Arch-Judas with his kiss.The sepulchre made sure with ponderous Stone,Seal that same stone, O Priest;It may be thou shalt block the holy OneFrom rising in the east:Set a watch about the…
‘Goodbye in fear, goodbye in sorrow,
Never to meet again, my dear -’‘Never to part again.’‘Goodbye today, goodbye tomorrow,Goodbye till earth shall wane,Never to meet again, my dear -’‘Never to part again.’
Brown and furry
Take your walkTo the shady leaf or stalk.May no toad spy you,May the little birds pass by you;Spin and die,To live again a butterfly.
It is over. What is over?
Harvest days we toiled to sow for;Now the sheaves are gathered newly,Now the wheat is garnered duly.It is finished. What is finished?Much is finished known or unknown:Lives are finished; time diminished;Was the fallow field left unsown?Will these buds be always unblown?It suffices. What suffices?All suffices reckoned rightly:Spring shall bloom where now the ice is,Roses make…
Contemptuous of his home beyond
A large-souled Frog who spurned each bywayHopped along the imperial highway.Nor grunting pig nor barking dogCould disconcert so great a Frog.The morning dew was lingering yet,His sides to cool, his tongue to wet:The night-dew, when the night should come,A travelled Frog would send him home.Not so, alas! The wayside grassSees him no more: not so,…