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...I should have said 
That never at any moment on the clock 
Above us in the tower since his arrival
Had I been in a more proficient mood 
To throttle him. If you had seen his eyes 
As I did, and if you had seen his face 
At work as I did, you might understand. 
I was ashamed of it, as I am now,
But that’s the prelude to another theme; 
For now I’m saying only what had happened 
If I had taken his hand and said the truth. 
The wise have cautioned us that where there’s hate 
The...Read more of this...
by Robinson, Edwin Arlington



..., and the hours
Of long uninterrupted ev'ning, know.
No rattling wheels stop short before these gates;
No powder'd pert proficient in the art
Of sounding an alarm, assaults these doors
Till the street rings; no stationary steeds
Cough their own knell, while, heedless of the sound,
The silent circle fan themselves, and quake:
But here the needle plies its busy task,
The pattern grows, the well-depicted flow'r,
Wrought patiently into the snowy lawn,
Unfolds its bosom; buds, and...Read more of this...
by Cowper, William

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