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Frederick Philip Grove
THE DIRGE
(IM 15, 1-33)
e-Edition by Gaby Divay
© August 2007
How to cite this e-Edition
of Grove's The DIRGE
V. "They tell us..."[3]
by
Frederick Philip Grove
They
tell us that the world is still afoot,
That kings still pose, and parliaments debate;
That nations clamour, blinded by their hate;
That so-called thinkers ancient questions moot.
But younger folk, they say, more passionate,
Do now arise to strike the gnarled root
Of evil in the world; guilt shall no loot
From innocence exact in the new state!
And we remember that we used to take--
(Old stories these of times long long ago)--
In all such things a passing interest.
But now, uncomprehending, do we shake
Our heads at them. They would not clamour so
Had death been their as our unbidden guest!
In Memoriam 15/5 |
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Grove, Frederick Philip. POEMS:
In Memoriam Phyllis May Grove. THE DIRGE (IM15,1-33).
e-Edition, Gaby Divay. Winnipeg: UM Archives & Special
Collections, ©2007.
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