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An ‘I’ can never be great man (VIII) Lyrics by Stephen Spender

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An 'I' can never be great man.
This known great one has weakness
To friends is most remarkable for weakness
Has ill-temper at meals, his dislike of being contradicted,
His only real pleasure fishing in ponds,
His only real desire - forgetting.
To advance from friends to the composite self
Central 'I' is surrounded by 'I eating',
'I loving', 'I angry', 'I excreting',
And the 'great I' planted in him
Has nothing to do with all these,
It can nevеr claim its true place
Resting in thе forehead, and secure in his gaze.
The 'great I' is an unfortunate intruder
Quarrelling with 'I tiring' and 'I sleeping'
And all those other 'I's who long for 'We dying'.
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Stephen Spender

Stephen Spender

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