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Слушать(AI)A Stopwatch and an Ordnance Map
A stopwatch and an ordnance map.
At five a man fell to the
And the watch flew off his
Like a moon struck from the
Marking a blank time that
On the tides of change beneath.
All under the olive trees.
A stopwatch and an ordnance map.
He stayed faithfully in that
From his living comrade
By dividers of the
Opening wide the
Of his final loneliness.
All under the olive trees.
A stopwatch and an ordnance map.
And the bones are fixed at
Under the moon's timelessness;
But another who lives
Wears within his heart
Space split open by the bullet.
All under the olive trees.edicated to Samuel Barber
Stephen Spender
Sir Stephen Harold Spender CBE (28 February 1909 – 16 July 1995) was an English poet, novelist and essayist whose work concentrated on themes of
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