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Coffin Path Poem
by Helen Farish
Coffin Path Poem - Helen Farish
Before the church was built at Rydal, those who died there were carried along the coffin path to be buried at Grasmere. And this path went past the cottage I lived in during my time at the Wordswoth Trust.
Coffin Path Poem
My habit of late-light walking
will mirror my life, how in its twilight
I’ll rush out saying, how beautiful –
has it been like this all day?
from Intimates (Jonathan Cape, 2005) © Helen Farish 2005, used by permission of the author and The Random House Group Ltd.