American Lyric Poems, from Colonial Times to the PresentElder Olson |
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... wind took up the northern things " The wind took up the northern things And piled them in the south , Then bent the east unto the west And , opening his mouth , The four divisions of the earth Did make as to devour , While everything to ...
... wind took up the northern things " The wind took up the northern things And piled them in the south , Then bent the east unto the west And , opening his mouth , The four divisions of the earth Did make as to devour , While everything to ...
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... Wind The woman named Tomorrow sits with a hairpin in her teeth and takes her time and does her hair the way she wants it and fastens at last the last braid and coil and puts the hairpin where it belongs and turns and drawls : Well ...
... Wind The woman named Tomorrow sits with a hairpin in her teeth and takes her time and does her hair the way she wants it and fastens at last the last braid and coil and puts the hairpin where it belongs and turns and drawls : Well ...
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... wind and doorways . And the only listeners now are . . the rats .. and the lizards . IV The feet of the rats scribble on the doorsills ; the hieroglyphs of the rat footprints chatter the pedigrees of the rats and babble of the blood and ...
... wind and doorways . And the only listeners now are . . the rats .. and the lizards . IV The feet of the rats scribble on the doorsills ; the hieroglyphs of the rat footprints chatter the pedigrees of the rats and babble of the blood and ...
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