LEONARD COHEN
THE FAVOURITE GAME
The Borough Press
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First published in Great Britain by Martin Secker & Warburg Ltd., 1963
This edition published by Blue Door in 2009
Copyright © Leonard Cohen 1963
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To my mother
As the mist leaves no scar
On the dark green hill, So my body leaves no scar On you, nor ever will.When wind and hawl encounter, What remains to keep? So you and I encounter Then turn, then fall to sleep.As many nights endure Without a moon or star. So will we endure When one is gone and far.
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