They wouldn't mourn for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin. Pu… - Alfred Noyes

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They wouldn't mourn for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin. Put away your muskets, lay aside the drum, Hang it by the wooden sword we made for little Peterkin!

Alfred Noyes

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Alfred Noyes (16 September 1880 – 28 June 1958) was an English poet, short-story writer and playwright.

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Dawn, ever bearing some divine increase Of beauty, love, and wisdom round the world, Dawn, like a wild-rose in the fields of heaven Washed grey with dew, awoke, and found the barque At anchor in a little land-locked bay.

Soundlessly, shadow with shadow, we wrestled together,
Till the grey dawn.

Memory, out of the mist, in a long slow ripple
Breaks, blindly, against the shore.

They wouldn't mourn for Peterkin, merry little Peterkin. Put away your muskets, lay aside the drum, Hang it by the wooden sword we made for little Pe… - Alfred Noyes

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