Thank God I'm alive In the light of the Sun! It's a quarter… - Maurice Baring

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Thank God I'm alive
In the light of the Sun!
It's a quarter to five;
Thank God I'm alive!
Now the hum of the hive
Of the world has begun,
Thank God I'm alive
In the light of the Sun!

Maurice Baring

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About Maurice Baring

Maurice Baring (27 April 1874 – 14 December 1945) was a versatile English man of letters, known as a dramatist, poet, novelist, translator and essayist, and also as a travel writer and war correspondent.

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Alternative Names: Hon. Maurice Baring • Major Hon. Maurice Baring

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In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.
I've a pain in my head,
I wish I was dead.
In a coffin of lead—
With the Wise and the Brave—
I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.

Thank God I'm alive In the light of the Sun! It's a quarter to five; Thank God I'm alive! Now the hum of the hive Of the world has begun, Thank God I… - Maurice Baring

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