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Wylie,
Elinor
An American poet and novelist who was popular before World War II.. American poet and novelist
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Little Joke
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Written by:
Elinor
Wylie
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Stripping an almond tree in flower
The wise apothecary's skill
A single drop of lethal power
From perfect sweetness can distill
From bitterness in efflorescence,
With murderous poisons packed therein;
The poet draws pellucid essence
Pure as a drop of metheglin.
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