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I am to pose with the commissioner of prizes a simple weak man

a little grace gathered at the launch

my good ship is finally nothing but what I sing

Erasure poem derived from The Diary of Samuel Pepys, Saturday 28 October 1665.

Dave Bonta

SourceLicence:CC BY-SA 4.0

Mood:: Inspired
Topics:: grace, song, ship, prize

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The speaker is about to be photographed beside an official who hands out prizes, and the mood is uneasy from the start. He calls himself "a simple weak man," which sounds like honest self-doubt rather than false modesty.

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