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One grief on me is laid | <poem> | ||
Each day of every year, | One grief on me is laid | ||
Wherein no soul can aid, | Each day of every year, | ||
Whereof no soul can hear: | Wherein no soul can aid, | ||
Whereto no end is seen | Whereof no soul can hear: | ||
Except to grieve again — | Whereto no end is seen | ||
Ah, Mary Magdalene, | Except to grieve again — | ||
Where is there greater pain? | Ah, Mary Magdalene, | ||
Where is there greater pain? | |||
To dream on dear disgrace | |||
Each hour of every day — | To dream on dear disgrace | ||
To bring no honest face | Each hour of every day — | ||
To aught I do or say: | To bring no honest face | ||
To lie from morn till e'en — | To aught I do or say: | ||
To know my lies are vain — | To lie from morn till e'en — | ||
Ah, Mary Magdalene, | To know my lies are vain — | ||
Where can be greater pain? | Ah, Mary Magdalene, | ||
Where can be greater pain? | |||
To watch my steadfast fear | |||
Attend mine every way | To watch my steadfast fear | ||
Each day of every year — | Attend mine every way | ||
Each hour of every day: | Each day of every year — | ||
To burn, and chill between — | Each hour of every day: | ||
To quake and rage again — | To burn, and chill between — | ||
Ah, Mary Magdalene, | To quake and rage again — | ||
Where shall be greater pain: | Ah, Mary Magdalene, | ||
Where shall be greater pain: | |||
''One grave to me was given —'' | |||
'' To guard till Judgment Day —'' | ''One grave to me was given —'' | ||
''But God looked down from Heaven'' | '' To guard till Judgment Day —'' | ||
'' And rolled the Stone away! '' | ''But God looked down from Heaven'' | ||
''One day of all my years —'' | '' And rolled the Stone away! '' | ||
'' One hour of that one day —'' | ''One day of all my years —'' | ||
''His Angel saw my tears'' | '' One hour of that one day —'' | ||
'' And rolled the Stone away! ''< | ''His Angel saw my tears'' | ||
'' And rolled the Stone away! '' | |||
</poem> | |||
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[[Category:Poems]] | [[Category:Poems]] | ||
[[Category:Rudyard Kipling]] | [[Category:Rudyard Kipling]] | ||
Revision as of 07:35, 10 April 2009
| The Burden written by Rudyard Kipling |
| First published in the collection Debits and Credits (1926), accompanying the story The Gardener. | Link to further information |
One grief on me is laid
Each day of every year,
Wherein no soul can aid,
Whereof no soul can hear:
Whereto no end is seen
Except to grieve again —
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where is there greater pain?
To dream on dear disgrace
Each hour of every day —
To bring no honest face
To aught I do or say:
To lie from morn till e'en —
To know my lies are vain —
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where can be greater pain?
To watch my steadfast fear
Attend mine every way
Each day of every year —
Each hour of every day:
To burn, and chill between —
To quake and rage again —
Ah, Mary Magdalene,
Where shall be greater pain:
One grave to me was given —
To guard till Judgment Day —
But God looked down from Heaven
And rolled the Stone away!
One day of all my years —
One hour of that one day —
His Angel saw my tears
And rolled the Stone away!