• Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep.

  Source: A Shropshire Lad (1896) No. 4 (Reveille), st. 6

  A. E. Housman
  British poet 1859-1936
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Subjects in these quotes:

1. journey
2. enough
3. rover
4. there
5. sleep

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Clay lies still, but blood's a rover; Breath's a ware that will not keep. Up, lad: when the journey's over There'll be time enough to sleep. by : A. E. Housman

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