473 In the Seven Districts Martha Banning Thomas PERHAPS ONLY people from The Seven Districts will believe this story. Many of them may know the house there, at the top of a hill, in which I...
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Perhaps a Presumptuous Worry If heaven wears a clearer, sweeter green Than lies behind these early morning clouds, Or if the blue of shadows flung between The wings of angels, is die blue that...
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New Neighbors down on Lem's Place They never fill the lamps until it's dark, Nor split the wood until the fire's dying; They breathe upon the last exhausted spark To hold it bright until the boy...
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12o THE COMMONWEAL June 2, x933 civilization orderedprimarily to the enjoyment of earthly goods and the primacy of matter reaches its logical denouement; the radical principles of capitalist...
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7l8 (California Poppies Incalculable moment (dim, long-lost) Occurred perhaps, when a one-winged star, Mutinous, young, and at burning cost, Plunged to the earth, splitting a scar Deep and...
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z66 THE COMMONWEAL January 2, 1929 ...
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(^anctuary I kneel. Dumb are my lips, My sorrowing heart is numb. Low-murmured absolutions gently fall From out the curtained confessional. In shadow, here and there, a worshiper Bows down in...
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February I6, 1927 THE COMMONWEAL 411 POEMS
arAness Memorial Tower (Yale University) I Thou, russet maid, hast raised our laden eyes Out of the dust we daily walk upon. Even as day's...
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November n, 1925 THE COMMONWEAL POEMS The Lovers Miranda's lover sees himself A shield about her tender form; He sees Miranda as a thing Too frail to brave a storm. Miranda sees herself...
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