A Woman of Thirty by Marjorie Allen Seiffert
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page 38 of 85 (44%)
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Tower of stone Rugged and lonely, My thoughts like ivy Embrace my memory of you, Climbing riotously, wantonly, Till the harsh walls Are clothed in tender green. Tower of stone, Stark walls and a narrow door Which speak: "You who are not for me Are against me,-- If you are mine, Enter!" But who would be prisoned In unknown darkness? Tower of stone Rugged and lonely, I dared not enter and I would not go Till clasping you My arms were bruised and torn. From the Madison Street Police Station I, John Shepherd, vagrant, Petition the park commissioners |
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