<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391921" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Soliloquy</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">When I was young I had a care <br>Lest I should cheat me of my share<br>Of that which makes it sweet to strive<br>For life, and dying still survive,<br>A name in sunshine written higher<br>Than lark or poet dare aspire.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">But I grew weary doing well.<br>Besides, 'twas sweeter in that hell,<br>Down with the loud banditti people<br>Who robbed the orchards, climbed the steeple<br>For jackdaws' eyes and made the cock<br>Crow ere 'twas daylight on the clock.<br>I was so very bad the neighbours<br>Spoke of me at their daily labours.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And now I'm drinking wine in France,<br>The helpless child of circumstance.<br>To-morrow will be loud with war,<br>How will I be accounted for?</div><div style="margin:10px 0">It is too late now to retrieve<br>A fallen dream, too late to grieve<br>A name unmade, but not too late<br>To thank the gods for what is great;<br>A keen-edged sword, a soldier's heart,<br>Is greater than a poet's art.<br>And greater than a poet's fame<br>A little grave that has no name.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Francis+Ledwidge">Francis Ledwidge</a><div class=q> <img src="https://www.citatepedia.ro/g/32share.png" style="float:left" alt="Share"> <script type="text/javascript" src="//s7.addthis.com/js/300/addthis_widget.js#pubid=citatepedia" async="async"></script><div style="display:inline-block" class="addthis_sharing_toolbox" data-url="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=391921" data-title="Soliloquy de Francis Ledwidge" data-description="When I was young I had a care Lest I should cheat me of my share Of that which makes it sweet to strive For life, and dying still survive, A name in sunshine written higher Than lark or poet dare aspire. But I grew weary doing well. Besides, 'tw..."></div> </div> </div>

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