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  • The Lincoln-child
    Clearing in the forest,
    In the wild Kentucky forest,
    And the stars, wintry stars strewn above!
    O Night that is the starriest...
  • Where Love Once Was
    Where love once was, let there be no hate:
    Though they that went as one by night and day
    Go now alone,
    Where love once was, let there be no hate....
  • The Runner In The Skies
    Who is the runner in the skies,
    With her blowing scarf of stars,
    And our Earth and sun hovering like bees about her blossoming heart?
    Her feet are on the winds, where space is deep,...
  • The New God
    Ye morning-glories, ring in the gale your bells,
    And with dew water the walk's dust for the burden-bearing ants:
    Ye swinging spears of the larkspur, open your wells of gold
    And pay your honey-tax to the hummingbird . . ....
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Night 3 Earth 3 Sun 3 God 2 Golden 2 Heart 2 I Love You 2 Mouth 2 Honey 2 Water 2


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4hbmutungi: "the foolish man seeks happiness in the distance. the wise grows it under his feet." ― james oppenheim
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Pluviôse, irrité contre la ville entière,
De son urne à grands flots verse un froid ténébreux
Aux pâles habitants du voisin cimetière
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