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The Alembick



Vol. XIV

I. All Saint’s Day 2019
II. Christmas 2019
III. Shrovetide 2020
IV. Quarantine 2020
  1. Editor’s Note
  2. Letters
  3. Reader’s Doubts Resolved
  4. To His Coy Mistress
  5. Cavalier Lyric
  6. A Shropshire Pig
  7. Elegiacs
  8. The Year
  9. Inkblots
  10. The Man Who Made His Exit
  11. Splitting the Atom
  12. Self-Control
  13. Antique Fragment
  14. Canzonetta
  15. Zen Poem 

Vol. XV

I. Michaelmas 2020

Submissions     ︎

Self-Control


Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines,
As, dear friend, I am now convinced you know -
But later on, at night, your thirst subsides;
You see the quantity of stars. And though
You wish to have the brightest for your dearest,
The sun isn’t so  -  only the nearest.

                                                    Anon.
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