<div style="background:#fff;border:#bbb dashed 1px;padding:5px"><a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/comments.php?id=454832" style="color:#000;text-decoration:none"><div style="margin:10px 0"><strong>A Saxon Epitaph</strong></div><div style="margin:10px 0">The earth builds on the earth<br>Castles and towers; <br>The earth saith of the earth: <br>All shall be ours.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yea, though they plan and reap<br>The rye and the corn,<br>Lo, they were bond to Sleep<br>Ere they were born.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Yea, though the blind earth sows<br>For the fruit and the sheaf,<br>They shall harvest the leaf of the rose<br>And the dust of the leaf.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">Pride of the sword and power<br>Are theirs at their need<br>Who shall rule but the root of the flower<br>The fall of the seed.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">They who follow the flesh<br>In splendour and tears,<br>They shall rest and clothe them afresh<br>In the fulness of years.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">From the dream of the dust they came<br>As the dawn set free.<br>They shall pass as the flower of the flame<br>Or the foam of the sea.</div><div style="margin:10px 0">The earth builds on the earth<br>Castles and towers.<br>The earth saith of the earth:<br>All shall be ours.</div><div style="margin:10px 0"><br /></a><br />poem by <a href="http://en.citatepedia.ro/by.php?a=Marjorie+Lowry+Christie+Pickthall">Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall</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=454832" data-title="A Saxon Epitaph de Marjorie Lowry Christie Pickthall" data-description="The earth builds on the earth Castles and towers; The earth saith of the earth: All shall be ours. Yea, though they plan and reap The rye and the corn, Lo, they were bond to Sleep Ere they were born. Yea, though the blind earth sows For the fr..."></div> </div> </div>

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