Whispers at DawnEast African Literature Bureau, 1976 - 143 pages |
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... leaving only the fireglow leaving the sons of strife in clouds of misty speculation The wind carried no pollen the flowers refused to bloom the world stood still in the wake of a woman's protest The world of merit shed a light on ...
... leaving only the fireglow leaving the sons of strife in clouds of misty speculation The wind carried no pollen the flowers refused to bloom the world stood still in the wake of a woman's protest The world of merit shed a light on ...
Page 126
... leaving no dregs IV They told me absolute life contains death To which I replied in absolute terms that profanity and self - abasement could not be disguised as spiritual humility , And that implicit obedience to some numb serpent or ...
... leaving no dregs IV They told me absolute life contains death To which I replied in absolute terms that profanity and self - abasement could not be disguised as spiritual humility , And that implicit obedience to some numb serpent or ...
Page 127
... leaving their kindred in encampment leaving no graves for their dead .. Oh , wretched tenderness I hate thee , I hate thee ! VI I listened again and again to the silence of prodigies I listened to my contumacy I listened to the foreign ...
... leaving their kindred in encampment leaving no graves for their dead .. Oh , wretched tenderness I hate thee , I hate thee ! VI I listened again and again to the silence of prodigies I listened to my contumacy I listened to the foreign ...
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