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The undergroundroads
Are, as the dead prefer them,
Always tortuous.

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When he looked the cave in the eye,
Hercules
Had a moment of doubt.

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Leaning out over
The dreadful precipice,
One contemptuous tree.

 

 

© Wystan Hugh Auden
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© E-magazine LiterNet, 24.02.2012, ¹ 2 (147)