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Quotes from Orpheus in Mayfair — Maurice Baring

1874–1945 England

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Thank God I'm alive
In the light of the Sun!
It's a quarter to five;
Thank God I'm alive!
Now the hum of the hive
Of the world has begun,
Thank God I'm alive
In the light of the Sun!

Orpheus in Mayfair (1909)

I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.
I've a pain in my head,
I wish I was dead.
In a coffin of lead—
With the Wise and the Brave—
I wish I was dead,
And lay deep in the grave.

Orpheus in Mayfair (1909)

Here's the lily, here the rose
Her full chalice shall disclose;
Here's narcissus wet with dew,
Windflower and the violet blue.
Wear the garland I have made;
Crowned with it, put pride away;
For the wreath that blooms must fade;
Thou thyself must fade some day,
Rhodocleia.

Orpheus in Mayfair (1909)

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Maurice Baring (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.