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... souls in leathern cerements lie , Tell me each living poet's doom ! How long before his book shall die ? It matters little , soon or late , A day , a month , a year , an age , — I read oblivion in its date , And Finis on.
... souls in leathern cerements lie , Tell me each living poet's doom ! How long before his book shall die ? It matters little , soon or late , A day , a month , a year , an age , — I read oblivion in its date , And Finis on.
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... soul that sings must dwell apart , Its inward melodies unknown . Deal gently with us , ye who read ! Our largest hope is unfulfilled , — The promise still outruns the deed , — The tower , but not the spire , we build . Our whitest pearl ...
... soul that sings must dwell apart , Its inward melodies unknown . Deal gently with us , ye who read ! Our largest hope is unfulfilled , — The promise still outruns the deed , — The tower , but not the spire , we build . Our whitest pearl ...
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... your portrait done ! Yet you must be a harmless soul 1 ; I cannot think that Sin Would care to throw his loaded dice , With such a stake to win ; I cannot think you would provoke The poet's wicked pen TO THE PORTRAIT OF " A LADY " 21.
... your portrait done ! Yet you must be a harmless soul 1 ; I cannot think that Sin Would care to throw his loaded dice , With such a stake to win ; I cannot think you would provoke The poet's wicked pen TO THE PORTRAIT OF " A LADY " 21.
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... a fiery blaze ; I saw huge fishes , boiled to rags , Bob through the bubbling brine ; And thoughts of supper crossed my soul ; I had been rash at mine . Strange sights ! strange sounds ! Oh fearful dream ! 24 EARLIER POEMS.
... a fiery blaze ; I saw huge fishes , boiled to rags , Bob through the bubbling brine ; And thoughts of supper crossed my soul ; I had been rash at mine . Strange sights ! strange sounds ! Oh fearful dream ! 24 EARLIER POEMS.
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.