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The Wild Swan

The Wild Swan She flipped, Tumbled, Pirouetted, And blind to all, And in seeing no one, Seemed to be seen by all, And startled, Raced away before I could say That she rose in all of her perfection A wild swan upon the lake, Seen early, but in being seen, seen too late.

Copyright © | Year Posted 2010




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