Saturday, December 03, 2016
Coffin
John Betjeman (1906-1984), "Saint Cadoc," second stanza:
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Somewhere the tree, the yellowing oak,
Is waiting for the woodman's stroke,
Waits for the chisel saw and plane
To prime it for the earth again
And in the earth, for me inside,
The generous oak tree will have died.
