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<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=365927" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>The End of Ernie Lowe</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The rain dripped down on my overcoat<br>As I walked beneath the trees, <br>An avenue filled with poplars, grim, <br>And dark, with an icy breeze, <br>I'd walked this way a million times<br>As a child, and a younger man, <br>But this could well be the final time<br>As I went to hold his hand! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I'd always called him Uncle Ern<br>From a time that I don't know when, <br>He'd carried me on his shoulders since<br>I was just a squalling bairn, <br>He'd kicked a ball in the park with me, <br>Was there to fly a kite, <br>But now that big, old generous man<br>Had come to his own midnight! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">Ern was the one to church me, he'd<br>Done more than my parents would, <br>He took me along to evensong<br>And sang, as best as he could, <br>He had a rumbling baritone<br>That rattled the wooden pews, <br>And smiled at me in the choir there<br>As the vicar collected the dues.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I grew at length, but I sought him out<br>Whenever I'd need advice, <br>He'd say: ‘I'll give you a tip or two, <br>But I'm not going to tell you twice! '<br>Then he'd laugh, a raucous, bubbling sound<br>That would put my fears to rest, <br>And we'd share a pint at the ‘King and Crown', <br>And I knew I was more than blessed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But life went on and I lost my faith<br>In the light of discovery, <br>For science placed the world of the Lord<br>Beyond recovery, <br>Though I never said a word to him, <br>For his faith was strong and sure, <br>And I would do nothing to hurt him now<br>That his years came up, four score! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">I rapped on the wooden panels of<br>The door with the painted shell, <br>And shortly a nurse had let me in, <br>She muttered: ‘It's just as well! <br>He's called for you for an hour or so, <br>There won't be too long to wait, <br>The cancer's eating his very heart<br>And his mind's in a terrible state.'</div><div style="margin:10px 0">He lay, propped up on a pillow there, <br>I felt a tear at my eye, <br>He waved his hand: ‘Don't worry lad, <br>I don't want to see you cry! <br>This is only the first goodbye, <br>I'll see you again, no fear, <br>When your time is up from this empty cup<br>I'll be waiting for you, there! '</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I thought: ‘You're fooling yourself, old man! '<br>But stood, and I bit my tongue, <br>All that we face is the darkness once<br>This life that we know has gone! <br>But he seemed happy, and mentioned Grace, <br>His wife of so long ago, <br>‘I'd forgo heaven to see her face, <br>I would, ' said Ernie Lowe.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">I shook my head; she'd been gone so long<br>That I'd never seen her face, <br>But here in his final moments, all<br>Of his thoughts had turned to Grace.<br>Then like some shadowed and ghostly form<br>A woman was there, at his bed, <br>Who whispered: ‘Ernie, it's time to go! '<br>…..When I looked again, he was dead! </div><div style="margin:10px 0">14 July 2012</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=David+Lewis+Paget">David Lewis Paget</a><div class=q>
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As I walked beneath the trees, 
An avenue filled with poplars, grim, 
And dark, with an icy breeze, 
I'd walked this way a million times
As a child, and a younger man, 
But this could well be the final time
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