You played and sang a snatch of song, A song that all-too w… - William Ernest Henley

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You played and sang a snatch of song,
A song that all-too well we knew;
But whither had flown the ancient wrong;
And was it really I and you?
O, since the end of life's to live
And pay in pence the common debt,
What should it cost us to forgive
Whose daily task is to forget?

William Ernest Henley

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William Ernest Henley (23 August 1849 – 11 July 1903) was an English poet, critic and editor.

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Alternative Names: W. E. Henley

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My songs were once of the sunrise:
They shouted it over the bar;
First-footing the dawns, they flourished,
And flamed with the morning star. My songs are now of the sunset:
Their brows are touched with light,
But their feet are lost in the shadows
And wet with the dews of night.

From the winter’s gray despair,
From the summer’s golden languor,
Death, the lover of Life,
Frees us for ever.

What have I done for you,
England, my England?
What is there I would not do,
England, my own?

You played and sang a snatch of song, A song that all-too well we knew; But whither had flown the ancient wrong; And was it really I and you? O, sinc… - William Ernest Henley

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