We French, we English, never lost our civil war,
endure it still, a bloodless civil bore;
no wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted.
It's only by our lack of ghosts we're haunted.


'Can.Lit.' (1962)

Earle Birney Quotes

We French, we English, never lost our civil war, endure it still, a bloodless civil bore; no wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted. It's only by our ...

We French, we English, never lost our civil war, endure it still, a bloodless civil bore; no wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted. It's only by our ...

We French, we English, never lost our civil war, endure it still, a bloodless civil bore; no wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted. It's only by our ...

We French, we English, never lost our civil war, endure it still, a bloodless civil bore; no wounded lying about, no Whitman wanted. It's only by our ...