Edwin Muir (15 May 1887 – 3 January 1959 / Orkney / Scotland)

poet Edwin Muir
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The Animals

They do not live in the world,
Are not in time and space.
From birth to death hurled
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Edwin Muir

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  • Paul Breslin (12/2/2005 8:57:00 PM)

    You have omitted the last line:

    'On the sixth day, we came'

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