The Eviction
Wilfrid Scawen Blunt
1840 to 1922
Track 1
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And hast possession as before.
Begone and hide thee from my face.
O'erturning stone and guard and door,
Full fain would I be quit of thee.
Thou bringest me neither gold nor fee.
Thy presence doth disturb my pride.
In vain I scourge thee with decree.
And bar re--entry with a stone.
Away, to die in thy despair!
Thou art come with thy lost tenant--right
Tis time thou shouldst thy holding yield,
Thy will and mine no longer meet.
I will not see thee chiding there.
The law is mine, the fault in thee,
With cockle hast thou sowed my field,
And yet in vain I serve the writ,
Unruly tenant of my heart,
With squanderings all the public street.
Away, to live in my disgrace!
O impotence of human wit!
I fling thee with thy goods outside
For lo, in stillness of the night,
Let me be owner of my own.
I've played too long a losing part.
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