<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=395659" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>Before a Fall</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what was the big room he walked in?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The big room he walked in,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Over the smooth floor,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Under the sky light,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Was his own brain.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what was it he admired there?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;He admired there<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The oval mirror.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And what was it the oval mirror showed him there?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;It showed him the roots<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Through the ceiling,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The gross armchair, the bookcase<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Shuttered with glass,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Hymns bound in velvet,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The porcelain oven,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The giant egg cups,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;The hairy needles,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;And the silence</div><div style="margin:10px 0">&nbsp;&nbsp;And the smell of smouldering dung<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Hung between the walls<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(Which were yellow as dandelion).</div><div style="margin:10px 0">And how did he leave?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;On the smooth floor<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;His neat feet jarred<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;And his teeth grew down<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;To his heart, and he slipped<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;On the white stairhead -</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Which ended?<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Which ended in coldness<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;And darkness,<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;Through which he fell<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;(So they tell)<br>&nbsp;&nbsp;With little hope, and slowly.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Geoffrey+Grigson">Geoffrey Grigson</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=395659" data-title="Before a Fall de Geoffrey Grigson" data-description="And what was the big room he walked in? &nbsp;&nbsp;The big room he walked in, &nbsp;&nbsp;Over the smooth floor, &nbsp;&nbsp;Under the sky light, &nbsp;&nbsp;Was his own brain. And what was it he admired there? &nbsp;&nbsp;He admired there &nbsp..."></div> </div> </div>

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