Pansies (Lawrence)/England in 1929

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ENGLAND IN 1929
England was always a country of men
and had a brave destiny, even when she went wrong.

Now it's a country of frightened old mongrels
snapping out of fear,
and young wash-outs pretending to be in love with death
yet living on the fat of the land;

so of course the nation is swollen with insoluble problems
and like to become incurably diseased inside.

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