PoemPermanent catalogue Work

The Ancient People

Alternate title:Untitled (“Moonlight and shadows barred the land”)Alternate title:Untitled (“The tall man answered:”)
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Category
Darker Moods
SectionPoetry for Friends

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“We are the ancient people, strange as a drifting star,Out of the dust of ages, coming from lands afar.Men are not born who know us, even a brother would shun;Ours are souls of the planets, mists of the moon and the sun.

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