How long does a man live after all?
A thousand days or only one?
One week or a few centuries?
How long does a man spend living or dying
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Recommended by David Haig in The Times. Thank you, Brian, and David. Would a feminine version simply replace 'man' with 'woman'?
Read by Brian Patten at the memorial service for his friend the poet Adrian Henri a beautiful poem
As well as for Ken Dodd it was used at the funeral (yesterday) of my Uncle David Roderick Hall. Not a dry eye in the chapel of rest.
A poignant reminder of our life and the passing years Heard it today during Sir Ken Dodds` funeral service at Liverpool Cathedral
a wonderful poem that like a piece of string a man will not need to know the lengths to go? .......well written Brian.
As Ian, looked up from recommendation by David Haig. Same comments. I find elegiac poems as