176 The Commonweal December 13, 1935 jzation of some of the most important social classes. ought to reflect that it is the only...
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I38 The Commonwea! November 3 ~ , I934 take care of the two realms of sTmbols and the concrete by assuming that God is the "whole universe striving toward idea. As actual, God does not possess...
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There is no mercy in the bitter cleft That time has slashed across the sullen hill; Men cling precariously here to life, and till The shallow patches that the rain has left. Below them, far...
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In the cold night, on the frozen lake The stars fall but cannot break The onyx mirror. Silence spends Its long moments where the willow bends Her tousled head like a giant's daughter Who dares...
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188 THE COMMONWEAL June 20, 1928 POEMS Prints Her mouth is like a moth With velvet wings; Were my own lips more of flame Hers would settle more And flutter less. I am older now; The...
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iHow Happy Are the Little Birds How happy are the little birds That fly about together, And warble on a single bough Or nestle in cold weather! Not so, alas, with you and me. Girl who should...
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663 POEMS The Daffodil Speaks Old Atlas had no greater task than I Who lift the sleeping earth upon my back; I sip a potent liquor from the sky When Taurus bellows on the zodiac. When winter...
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