«Romantic youngsters, drunk with dreams of triumph, / They've pedalled off to continents unknown, / Two angels on two bicycles fast-flying — / My love and youth, and left me all alone. And now trying to retrace their route / With here a punctured tire and there a fall.... / But steady! H...»
«The sky, it's said, came down to meet the earth, / And so, it's said, Horizon came to birth. / This son of Earth and Sky I swore to find: / I ran... he ran... and left me far behind. / / Ah well, I thought, this rascal's hard to catch, / But one fine day he's going to find his match. I...»
«What on earth is there to hope for or expect? / Every day they see me off and meet me. / They're surrounding me with honour and respect / Like a fish with onions, nice and neatly. Are we really doomed to silent gloom, / Like an office left and closed at five? / Will men no longer hear my ...»
«We charged at the enemy, / Camped on the heath, / With "The Song of the Apple" / Caught in our teeth. / The rocks and the heather, / The newly-mown hay / Echo our song / To this very day. But my pal sang another, / A song from afar, / As we rode in the saddle, / Pursuing our sta...»