Carrion Comfort Flashcards
(13 cards)
First Two Verses
Not, I’ll not, carrion comfort, Despair, not feast on thee;
Not untwist — slack they may be — these last strands of man
In me or…
In me ór, most weary, cry I can no more. I can;
Can something…
Can something, hope, wish day come, not choose not to be.
rude
But ah…
But ah, but O thou terrible, why wouldst thou rude on me
O in turns of tempest…
O in turns of tempest, me heaped there; me frantic to avoid thee and flee?
Nay in all…
Nay in all that toil, that coil, since (seems) I kissed the rod,
Hand rather…
Hand rather, my heart lo! lapped strength, stole joy, would laugh, chéer.
Me? Or…
Me? or me that fought him? O which one? is it each one? That night, that year
lion
Thy wring-world…
Thy wring-world right foot rock? lay a lionlimb against me? scan
bones
With darksome…
With darksome devouring eyes my bruisèd bones? and fan,
grain
Why?…
Why? That my chaff might fly; my grain lie, sheer and clear.
Cheer whom…
Cheer whom though? the hero whose heaven-handling flung me, fóot tród
Of now done…
Of now done darkness I wretch lay wrestling with (my God!) my God.
