| Louis Untermeyer, ed. (1885–1977). Modern British Poetry. 1920. |
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| Robert Nichols. 1893– |
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| 171. Nearer |
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| NEARER and ever nearer... | |
| My body, tired but tense, | |
| Hovers 'twixt vague pleasure | |
| And tremulous confidence. | |
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| Arms to have and to use them | 5 |
| And a soul to be made | |
| Worthy, if not worthy; | |
| If afraid, unafraid. | |
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| To endure for a little, | |
| To endure and have done: | 10 |
| Men I love about me, | |
| Over me the sun! | |
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| And should at last suddenly | |
| Fly the speeding death, | |
| The four great quarters of heaven | 15 |
| Receive this little breath. | |
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