"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow | What are the roots that clutch, what branches grow | ||
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Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, 20 | Out of this stony rubbish? Son of man, 20 | ||
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You cannot say, or guess, for you know only | You cannot say, or guess, for you know only | ||
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A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, | A heap of broken images, where the sun beats, | ||
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And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, | And the dead tree gives no shelter, the cricket no relief, | ||
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And the dry stone no sound of water. Only | And the dry stone no sound of water. Only | ||
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There is shadow under this red rock, | There is shadow under this red rock, | ||
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(Come in under the shadow of this red rock), | (Come in under the shadow of this red rock), | ||
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And I will show you something different from either | And I will show you something different from either | ||
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Your shadow at morning striding behind you | Your shadow at morning striding behind you | ||
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Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; | Or your shadow at evening rising to meet you; | ||
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I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | I will show you fear in a handful of dust. 30 | ||
