"The Burial of the Dead" Annotations
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== Stanza 4 == | == Stanza 4 == | ||
| − | Unreal City, 60 | + | Unreal City, 60 |
| − | Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, | + | Under the brown fog of a winter dawn, |
| − | A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, | + | A crowd flowed over London Bridge, so many, |
| − | I had not thought death had undone so many. | + | I had not thought death had undone so many. |
| − | Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled, | + | Sighs, short and infrequent, were exhaled, |
| − | And each man fixed his eyes before his feet. | + | And each man fixed his eyes before his feet. |
| − | Flowed up the hill and down King William Street, | + | Flowed up the hill and down King William Street, |
| − | To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours | + | To where Saint Mary Woolnoth kept the hours |
| − | With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine. | + | With a dead sound on the final stroke of nine. |
| − | There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying "Stetson! | + | There I saw one I knew, and stopped him, crying "Stetson! |
| − | "You who were with me in the ships at Mylae! 70 | + | "You who were with me in the ships at Mylae! 70 |
| − | "That corpse you planted last year in your garden, | + | "That corpse you planted last year in your garden, |
| − | "Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? | + | "Has it begun to sprout? Will it bloom this year? |
| − | "Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? | + | "Or has the sudden frost disturbed its bed? |
| − | "Oh keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men, | + | "Oh keep the Dog far hence, that's friend to men, |
| − | "Or with his nails he'll dig it up again! | + | "Or with his nails he'll dig it up again! |
| − | "You! hypocrite lecteur! - mon semblable, - mon frere!" | + | "You! hypocrite lecteur! - mon semblable, - mon frere!" |
Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]] | Go back to [[Shoring Up Fragments Against Our Ruin: Quotations and Allusions]] | ||
