Ash Wednesday

[Dave Monroe]

Because I do not hope to turn again 
Because I do not hope 
Because I do not hope to turn 
Desiring this man's gift and that man's scope 
I no longer strive to strive towards such things 
(Why should the aged eagle stretch its wings?) 
Why should I mourn 
The vanished power of the usual reign? 

Because I do not hope to know again 
The infirm glory of the positive hour 
Because I do not think 
Because I know I shall not know 
The one veritable transitory power 
Because I cannot drink 
There, where trees flower, and springs flow, for there
is nothing again ....

http://www.pmms.cam.ac.uk/~gjm11/poems/ashwed.html

http://web.mit.edu/ashah/www/ashwed.html

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