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{{short description|“The Mower” a 1979 poem by Philip Larkin.}}
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By: [[w:Philip Larkin|Philip Larkin]] ([[w:The Mower|1979]])
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By: [[w:Philip Larkin|Philip Larkin]] ([[w:The Mower|{{date|1979}}]])}}
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The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found   
The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found   
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I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.   
I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.   
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world  
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Unmendably. Burial was no help:
Unmendably. Burial was no help:


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Is always the same; we should be careful
Is always the same; we should be careful


Of each other, we should be kind  
Of each other, we should be kind {{ln|10}}
While there is still time.
While there is still time.
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Latest revision as of 09:56, 29 May 2022

The Mower
By: Philip Larkin (1979)

The mower stalled, twice; kneeling, I found
A hedgehog jammed up against the blades,
Killed. It had been in the long grass.

I had seen it before, and even fed it, once.
Now I had mauled its unobtrusive world 5
Unmendably. Burial was no help:

Next morning I got up and it did not.
The first day after a death, the new absence
Is always the same; we should be careful

Of each other, we should be kind 10
While there is still time.

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