TESTO DEL LIED

"Poor Henry"
di Walter de la Mare (1873-1956)

Thick in its glass the physic stands,
Poor Henry lifts
Distracted hands;
His round cheek wans in the candle light,
To smell that smell! to see that sight!
Finger and thumb
Clinch his small nose,
A gurgle, a gasp,
And down it goes:
Scowls Henry now;
But mark that cheek,
Sleek with the bloom of health next week!!