Aug. 30, 2026

"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway

"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway
"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway
The Concise Verse
"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway

For we have thought the longer thoughts
And gone the shorter way.
And we have danced to devils’ tunes,
Shivering home to pray;
To serve one master in the night,
Another in the day.

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"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway.

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For we have thought the longer thoughts And gone the shorter way.

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And we have danced to devil's tunes, Shivering home to pray;

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To serve one master in the night, Another in the day.

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"Chapter Heading" by Ernest Hemingway.

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