Category: Poetry

The Burning Wheel

Huxley, Aldous, 1894-1963· 2 chapters· 4,799 words

COME MY FRIENDS--'TIS NOT TOO LATE "TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD --IT MAY BE THAT THE GULFS WILL WAN US DOWN--IT MAY BE WE SHALL TOUCH THE HAPPY ISLES--YET--OUR PURPOSE HOLDS--TO SAIL BEYOND THE SUNSET.

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1. Part 1

COME MY FRIENDS--'TIS NOT TOO LATE "TO SEEK A NEWER WORLD --IT MAY BE THAT THE GULFS WILL WAN US DOWN--IT MAY BE WE SHALL TOUCH THE HAPPY ISLES--YET--OUR PURPOSE HOLDS--TO SAIL...

2. Part 2

We're German scholars poring over life, As over a Greek manuscript that's torn And stained beyond repair. Our eyes of horn Read one or two poor letters; and what strife, What bo...