Arthur Quiller-Couch, ed. 1919. The Oxford Book of English Verse: 1250–1900.
Thomas Edward Brown. 18301897792. Salve!
TO live within a cave—it is most good; | |
But, if God make a day, | |
And some one come, and say, | |
‘Lo! I have gather’d faggots in the wood!’ | |
E’en let him stay, | 5 |
And light a fire, and fan a temporal mood! | |
So sit till morning! when the light is grown | |
That he the path can read, | |
Then bid the man God-speed! | |
His morning is not thine: yet must thou own | 10 |
They have a cheerful warmth—those ashes on the stone. |