[footnote]A person holding a subordinate position. In the British Army, an officer ranked below captain.[\/footnote]\n\nI\n'Poor wanderer,' said the leaden sky,\n'I fain[footnote]Gladly.[\/footnote]\u00a0would lighten thee,\nBut there are laws in force on high\nWhich say it must not be.'\n\nII\n\n-'I would not freeze thee, shorn one,' cried\nThe North, 'knew I but how\nTo warm my breath, to slack my stride;\nBut I am ruled as thou.'\n\nIII\n\n-'To-morrow I attack thee, wight,'\nSaid Sickness. 'Yet I swear\nI bear thy little ark no spite,\nBut am bid enter there.'\n\nIV\n\n-'Come hither, Son,' I heard Death say;\n'I did not will a grave\nShould end thy pilgrimage to-day,\nBut I, too, am a slave!'\n\nV\n\nWe smiled upon each other then,\nAnd life to me had less\nOf that fell look it wore ere when\nThey owned their passiveness.\n\n\u2014 1901<\/p>","rendered":"
[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n I II<\/p>\n -‘I would not freeze thee, shorn one,’ cried III<\/p>\n -‘To-morrow I attack thee, wight,’ IV<\/p>\n -‘Come hither, Son,’ I heard Death say; V<\/p>\n We smiled upon each other then, \u2014 1901<\/p>\n\n\t\t\t
\n‘Poor wanderer,’ said the leaden sky,
\n‘I fain[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0would lighten thee,
\nBut there are laws in force on high
\nWhich say it must not be.’<\/p>\n
\nThe North, ‘knew I but how
\nTo warm my breath, to slack my stride;
\nBut I am ruled as thou.’<\/p>\n
\nSaid Sickness. ‘Yet I swear
\nI bear thy little ark no spite,
\nBut am bid enter there.’<\/p>\n
\n‘I did not will a grave
\nShould end thy pilgrimage to-day,
\nBut I, too, am a slave!’<\/p>\n
\nAnd life to me had less
\nOf that fell look it wore ere when
\nThey owned their passiveness.<\/p>\nCandela Citations<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t