Fly Leaves by Charles Stuart Calverley
page 51 of 78 (65%)
page 51 of 78 (65%)
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But in men's hearts shall be thy throne, While the great pulse of England beats: Thou coiner of a word unknown To Keats! And nevermore must printer do As men did long ago; but run "For" into "ever," bidding two Be one. Forever! passion-fraught, it throws O'er the dim page a gloom, a glamour: It's sweet, it's strange; and I suppose It's grammar. Forever! 'Tis a single word! And yet our fathers deem'd it two: Nor am I confident they err'd; Are you? UNDER THE TREES. "Under the trees!" Who but agrees That there is magic in words such as these? Promptly one sees shake in the breeze |
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