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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (13)
2023-12-06AMY BRIDGEMAN - BEFORE him rolls the dark, relentless ocean; Behind him stretch the cold and barren sands; Wrapt in the mantle of his deep devotion Th...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (14)
2023-12-06THE CROSS-CURRENT THROUGH twelve stout generations New England blood I boast; The stubborn pastures bred them, The grim, uncordial coast, Sedate and p...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (15)
2023-12-06CANDLEMAS O HEARKEN, all ye little weeds That lie beneath the snow, (So low, dear hearts, in poverty so low!) The sun hath risen for royal deeds, A va...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (16)
2023-12-06SUNRISE ON MANSFIELDMOUNTAIN O SWIFT forerunners, rosy with the race! Spirits of dawn, divinely manifest Behind your blushing banners in the sky, Dari...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (17)
2023-12-06BURNT ARE THE PETALS OF LIFE BURNT are the petals of life as a rose fallen and crumbled to dust. Blackened the heart of the past is, ashes that must F...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (18)
2023-12-06FOUR FOUNTAINS AFTERRESPIGHI FRESH mists of Roman dawn; For water search the cattle; Faintlv on damp air sounds the shepherd's horn Above fountain...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (19)
2023-12-06TROPICS THE cretonne in your willow chair Shows through a zone of rosy air, A tree of parrots, agate-eyed, With blue-green crests and plumes of pride ...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (20)
2023-12-06TO HILDA OF HER ROSES ENOUGH has been said about roses To fill thirty thick volumes; There are as many songs about roses As there are roses in the wor...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (21)
2023-12-06DANDELION LITTLE soldier with the golden helmet, O What are you guarding on my lawn? You with your green gun And your yellow beard, Why do you stand s...
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ANTHOLOGY OF MASSACHUSETTS POETS (22)
2023-12-06RED ROOSTER RED ROOSTER in your gray coop, O stately creature with tail-feathers red and blue, Yellow and black, You have a comb gay as a parade On yo...