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This volume compiles a selection of poems written by the author in their early career, showcasing their early style and thematic concerns.
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“So different, this man And this woman: A stream flowing In a field.”
“A grave is such a quiet place.”
“I screamed, and--lo!--Infinity Came down and settled over me”
“Envy is an insult to oneself.”
“There is no shelter in you anywhere.”
“And he whose soul is flat -- the sky Will cave in on him by and by.”
“For he would be thinking of love Till the stars had run away And the shadows eaten the moon.”
“I desired my dust to be mingled with yours Forever and forever and forever.”
“But you were something more than young and sweet And fair, - and the long year remembers you.”
“Be equal to your talent, not your age. At times let the gap between them be embarrassing.”
“I pick the hair from her eyes and watch her misery with compassion.”
“The winds that awakened the stars Are blowing through my blood.”
“O world, I cannot hold thee close enough!”
“Here's a song was never sung: Growing old is dying young.”
“Character begins to form at the first pinch of anxiety about ourselves.”
“A human feast is an indifferent morsel to a god.”