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Bowers,
Edgar
Edgar Bowers was an American poet who won the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1989.. American poet who won the Bollingen Prize in Poetry in 1989
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Dedication for a House
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Written by:
Edgar
Bowers
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We, who were long together homeless, raise
Brick walls, wood floors, a roof, and windows up
To what sustained us in those threatening days
Unto this end. Alas, that this bright cup
Be empty of the care and life of him
Who should have made it overflow its brim.
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