Showing posts with label Bernard O'Donoghue. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bernard O'Donoghue. Show all posts

2/8/16

Going Without Saying (i.m. Joe Flynn) - Bernard O'Donoghue

It is a great pity we don't know
When the dead are going to die
So that, over a last companionable
Drink, we could tell them
How much we liked them.

Happy the man who, dying, can
Place his hand on his heart and say:
‘At least I didn't neglect to tell
The thrush how beautifully she sings.’