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Blackberries
by William Allingham
Allingham, William (1824-1889)
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[Earth's night is where she rolls]
[By and by, we shall meet]
[Here they are: how little they are!]
[Pleasure, torture, victory, crime,—]
[“Weary your life was, day by day]
[How swift the days do pass!]
[Hast ever chanced to stare aghast]
[Dull and dumb]
[Perception, Will, Personality]
[Why ever asking “why?” you cry; and I]
[Needs and greeds and ties and lies]
[Out of the land of dreams and youth, alas!]
[Lost chance—never again]
[Soon life ends]
[Who will sorrow when I die?]
[Do what wilt with me]
[“I'm learning, every day.”]
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[Why ever asking “why?” you cry; and I]
Why
ever asking “
why
?” you cry; and I
Can't tell you why my soul asks ever
why
?
“Deny—rely—I can't, and must ask
why
?
Of every man and thing I'm passing by,
“
Why? why? why? why
?” though never they reply.
Blackberries