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Prayer Before Birth

by Louis Macneice (1908-1963) I am not yet born; O hear me. Let not the bloodsucking bat or the rat or the stoat or the club-footed ghoul come near me. I am not yet born, console me. I fear that the human race may with tall walls wall me, with strong drugs dope me, withContinue reading “Prayer Before Birth”

Posted byRobin20th Sep 20201st Jan 2021Posted inpoetryTags:Louis Macneice, poet, Prayer Before BirthLeave a comment on Prayer Before Birth
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