There was a time
Edward Thomas
1878 to 1917
Track 1
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Great as I wished, weakness was all my boast.
Or none that should have troubled a strong soul.
And I had youth and never another care,
The care and weakness that I know—refuse
I earned it. Oh, too heavy was the cost.
To admit I am unworthy of the wage
My youth and strength for, I deny the age,
There was a time when this poor frame was whole
Paid to a man who gives up eyes and breath
I sought yet hated pity till at length
But now that there is something I could use
From pavements of a city left behind,
Yet, except sometimes in a frosty air
I never would acknowledge my own glee
For what can neither ask nor heed his death.
Had dreamed of. Since I could not boast of strength
When my heels hammered out a melody
Because it was less mighty than my mind
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