{"id":271,"date":"2014-06-18T22:40:50","date_gmt":"2014-06-18T22:40:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/?post_type=chapter&p=271"},"modified":"2014-09-26T18:55:59","modified_gmt":"2014-09-26T18:55:59","slug":"the-subalterns","status":"publish","type":"chapter","link":"https:\/\/opentextbc.ca\/englishliterature\/chapter\/the-subalterns\/","title":{"raw":"The Subalterns","rendered":"The Subalterns"},"content":{"raw":"[footnote]A person holding a subordinate position. In the British Army, an officer ranked below captain.[\/footnote]\r\n\r\nI\r\n'Poor wanderer,' said the leaden sky,\r\n'I fain[footnote]Gladly.[\/footnote]\u00a0would lighten thee,\r\nBut there are laws in force on high\r\nWhich say it must not be.'\r\n\r\nII\r\n\r\n-'I would not freeze thee, shorn one,' cried\r\nThe North, 'knew I but how\r\nTo warm my breath, to slack my stride;\r\nBut I am ruled as thou.'\r\n\r\nIII\r\n\r\n-'To-morrow I attack thee, wight,'\r\nSaid Sickness. 'Yet I swear\r\nI bear thy little ark no spite,\r\nBut am bid enter there.'\r\n\r\nIV\r\n\r\n-'Come hither, Son,' I heard Death say;\r\n'I did not will a grave\r\nShould end thy pilgrimage to-day,\r\nBut I, too, am a slave!'\r\n\r\nV\r\n\r\nWe smiled upon each other then,\r\nAnd life to me had less\r\nOf that fell look it wore ere when\r\nThey owned their passiveness.\r\n\r\n\u2014 1901","rendered":"

[1]<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

I
\n‘Poor wanderer,’ said the leaden sky,
\n‘I fain[2]<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0would lighten thee,
\nBut there are laws in force on high
\nWhich say it must not be.’<\/p>\n

II<\/p>\n

-‘I would not freeze thee, shorn one,’ cried
\nThe North, ‘knew I but how
\nTo warm my breath, to slack my stride;
\nBut I am ruled as thou.’<\/p>\n

III<\/p>\n

-‘To-morrow I attack thee, wight,’
\nSaid Sickness. ‘Yet I swear
\nI bear thy little ark no spite,
\nBut am bid enter there.’<\/p>\n

IV<\/p>\n

-‘Come hither, Son,’ I heard Death say;
\n‘I did not will a grave
\nShould end thy pilgrimage to-day,
\nBut I, too, am a slave!’<\/p>\n

V<\/p>\n

We smiled upon each other then,
\nAnd life to me had less
\nOf that fell look it wore ere when
\nThey owned their passiveness.<\/p>\n

\u2014 1901<\/p>\n

  1. A person holding a subordinate position. In the British Army, an officer ranked below captain. ↵<\/a><\/li>
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