Alun Lewis Quote

Who is it climbs the summit of the road?
Only the beggar bumming his dark load.
Who was it cried to see the falling star?
Only the landless soldier lost in war.
And did a thousand years go by in vain?
And does another thousand start again?

"The Mahratta Ghats", line 22; p. 44. - Ha! Ha! Among the Trumpets (1945)