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Enlighten Radio Presents
A British Poet Gives Up Being an Astronaut.
Cecil Day Lewis, Carol Ann Duffy, Ted Hughes,
John Masefield
Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded July 16, 2025
Is It Far To Go?
by Cecil Day Lewis
Is it far to go?
A step -- no further.
Is it hard to go?
Ask the melting snow,
The eddying feather.
What can I take there?
Not a hank, not a hair.
What shall I leave behind?
Ask the hastening wind,
The fainting star.
Shall I be gone long?
For ever and a day.
To whom there belong?
Ask the stone to say,
Ask my song.
Who will say farewell?
The beating bell.
Will anyone miss me?
That I dare not tell --
Quick, Rose, and kiss me.
(c. 1940)
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By John CaseEnlighten Radio Presents
A British Poet Gives Up Being an Astronaut.
Cecil Day Lewis, Carol Ann Duffy, Ted Hughes,
John Masefield
Broadcast LIVE Wednesdays, 10 AM on https://player.enlightenradio.org
Hosts: Janet Harrison, John Case
This Episode Recorded July 16, 2025
Is It Far To Go?
by Cecil Day Lewis
Is it far to go?
A step -- no further.
Is it hard to go?
Ask the melting snow,
The eddying feather.
What can I take there?
Not a hank, not a hair.
What shall I leave behind?
Ask the hastening wind,
The fainting star.
Shall I be gone long?
For ever and a day.
To whom there belong?
Ask the stone to say,
Ask my song.
Who will say farewell?
The beating bell.
Will anyone miss me?
That I dare not tell --
Quick, Rose, and kiss me.
(c. 1940)
Our Blog Our Player Our Podcasts
questions, comments: [email protected]