EPITAPH ON AN ARMY OF MERCENARIES
by: A.E. Housman (1860-1936)
THESE, in the day when heaven was falling,
The hour when earth's foundations fled,
Follow'd their mercenary calling
And took their wages and are dead.
Their shoulders held the sky suspended;
They stood, and earth's foundations stay;
What God abandon'd, these defended,
And saved the sum of things for pay.
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Tuesday, July 26, 2011
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