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Quote Left However others calculate the cost, To us the final aggregate is one,... Quote Right
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Quote Left Give me the free and poor inheritance Of our own kind, not furniture... Quote Right
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Quote Left We too are ashes as we watch and hear The psalm, the sorrow, and the simple praise... Quote Right
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Quote Left As groceries in a pantry gleam and smile Because they are important weights... Quote Right
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Quote Left The good poet sticks to his real loves, to see within the realm of possibility. He never tries to hold hands with God or the human race. Quote Right
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Quote Left He shall eat flowers, Chew honey and spit out gall. They shall all smile... Quote Right
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Quote Left In the tight belly of the dead Burrow with hungry head And inlay maggots like a jewel. Quote Right
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Quote Left We ask for no statistics of the killed, For nothing political impinges on... Quote Right
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Quote Left One day beside some flowers near his nose He will be thinking, When will I look at it?... Quote Right
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