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When We Two Walked

WHEN WE TWO WALKED by EDWARD THOMAS When we two walked in Lent We imagined that happiness Was something different And this was something less. But happy were we to hide Our happiness, not as they were Who acted in their pride Juno and Jupiter: For the gods in their jealousy Murdered that wife and man, And we that were wise live free To recall our happiness then.

Citation

“When We Two Walked,” by Thomas, Edward (1878-1917). Copyright Edward Thomas, 1979, reproduced under licence from Faber and Faber Ltd. via First World War Poetry Digital Archive, accessed May 5, 2024, http://ww1lit.nsms.ox.ac.uk/ww1lit/collections/item/2904.

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