From "A Shropshire Pooh"
Wednesday, 1 July 2009 10:07From far, from stream and gorse-bush
And Hundred-Acre Wood,
The stuffing of life to fill me
Rolled hither: so it should.
Now -- for a stitch I tarry
Or I will fall apart --
Take me in hand and sew me:
I'll show you where to start.
Patch now, and I, old favorite,
Stay worn but get no worse;
And to the wind's twelve quarters
I'll hum my endless verse.
---L.
And Hundred-Acre Wood,
The stuffing of life to fill me
Rolled hither: so it should.
Now -- for a stitch I tarry
Or I will fall apart --
Take me in hand and sew me:
I'll show you where to start.
Patch now, and I, old favorite,
Stay worn but get no worse;
And to the wind's twelve quarters
I'll hum my endless verse.
—27 February 2003
Speaking of A.E. Housman, I'd forgotten about this parody.---L.