"I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled..." (TS Eliot)





"I shall wear the bottoms of my trousers rolled.



Shall I part my hair behind? Do I dare to eat a peach?

I shall wear white flannel trousers, and walk upon the beach.

I have heard the mermaids singing, each to each.



I do not think that they will sing to me.



I have seen them riding seaward on the waves

Combing the white hair of the waves blown back

When the wind blows the water white and black.”



(-TS Eliot, from The Love song of J Alfred Prufrock)

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