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On the Grasshopper and the Cricket
2023-12-06by John Keats The poetry of earth is never dead： When all the birds are faint with the hot sun， And hide in cooling trees， a voice will run From hedge...
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On the Disadvantages of Central Heating
2023-12-06by Amy Clampitt cold nights on the farm， a sock-shod stove-warmed flatiron slid under the covers， mornings a damascene sealed bizarrerie of fernwork d...
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Pythagorean Silence (an excerpt)
2023-12-06by Susan Howe 1. age of earth and us all chattering a sentence or character suddenly steps out to seek for truth fails falls into a stream of ink Sequ...
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On the Circuit
2023-12-06by W. H. Auden Among pelagian travelers， Lost on their lewd conceited way To Massachusetts， Michigan， Miami or L.A.， An airborne instrument I sit， Pre...
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Purgatory
2023-12-06by Maxine Kumin And suppose the darlings get to Mantua，suppose they cheat the crypt， what next？ Begin with him， unshaven. Though not， I grant you， a d...
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On My First Son
2023-12-06by Ben Jonson Farewell， thou child of my right hand， and joy； My sin was too much hope of thee， lov'd boy. Seven years thou'wert lent to me， a...
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Public Transportation
2023-12-06by Elaine Sexton She is perfectly ordinary， a cashmere scarf snugly wrapped around her neck. She is a middle age that is crisp， appealing in New York....
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On Looking for Models
2023-12-06by Alan Dugan The trees in time have something else to do besides their treeing. What is it. I'm a starving to death man myself， and thirsty， thir...
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psalm
2023-12-06by Alicia Suskin Ostriker I am not lyric any more I will not play the harp for your pleasure I will not make a joyful noise to you， neither will I lam...
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On Liberty and Slavery
2023-12-06by George Moses Horton Alas！ and am I born for this， To wear this slavish chain？ Deprived of all created bliss， Through hardship， toil， and pain！ How ...