Last Word To Childhood

by A. S. J. Tessimond

Ice-cold fear has slowly decreased
As my bones have grown, my height increased.
Though I shiver in snow of dreams, I shall never
Freeze again in a noonday terror.

I shall never break, my sinews crumble
As God-the-headmaster’s fingers fumble
At the other side of unopening doors
Which I watch for a hundred thousand years.

I shall never feel my thin blood leak
While darkness stretches a paw to strike
Or Nothing beats an approaching drum
Behind my back in a silent room.

I shall never, alone, meet the end of my world
At the bend of a path, the turn of a wall:
Never, or once more only, and
That will be once and an end of end.

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On Flatteries (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Female Inconstancy (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Envy (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On Delia (Bid Adieu, My Sad Heart) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Ugly Fellow (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Old Woman (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On An Infant (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A True Friend (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Thief (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Spaniel, Called Beau, Killing A Young Bird by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Similar Character (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Plant Of Virgin’s-Bower, Designed To Cover A Garden-seat by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Mistake In His Translation Of Homer by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser, 3 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Miser, 2 (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Mischievous Bull, Which The Owner Him Sold At The Author’s Instance by William Cowper by William Cowper
On A Good Man (From The Greek) by William Cowper by William Cowper

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Arthur Seymour John Tessimond

Arthur Seymour John Tessimond (1902 -1962) was an English poet. He had a tumultuous childhood, ran from boarding school, went to work, somehow attended the University of Liverpool, avoided service in WWI and then discovered that he is unfit for military service after he was diagnosed with bipolar disorder, which in those days was known as manic depression. A.S. Tessimond is a wonderful poet though maybe somewhat underappreciated poet. He died from in 1962 from a brain haemorrhage.

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Last Word To Childhood

by A. S. J. Tessimond

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