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The Man Against the Sky: A Book of Poems (Classic Reprint)
The Man Against the Sky A Book of Poems - Classic Reprint Author:Edwin Arlington Robinson she may scarcely bear the weight — Of her bewildering reward. — As one apart, immune, alone, — Or featured for the shining ones, — And like to none that she has known — Of other women's other sons, -- — The firm fruition of her need, — He shines anointed; and he blurs — Her vision, till it seems indeed — A sacrilege to call him hers. — She fears a little ... more »for so much
Of what is best, and hardly dares
To think of him as one to touch
With aches, indignities, and cares;
She sees him rather at the goal,
Still shining; and her dream foretells
The proper shining of a soul
Where nothing ordinary dwells.
Perchance a canvass of the town
Would find him far from flags and shouts,
And leave him only the renown
Of many smiles and many doubts;
Perchance the crude and common tongue
Would havoc strangely with his worth;
But she, with innocence unwrung,
Would read his name around the earth.
And others, knowing how this youth
Table of Contents
FLAMMONDE 1; THE GIFT OJ!' GOD 8; THE CLISGING VINE 12; CASSANDRA 19; JOIIN GORHAM ? 23; STAFFORD'S CABIN 2B; HILLCREST 32; OLD KING COLE 36; BEN JONSON ENTERTAINS A MAN FROM STRATFORD 42; EROS TUBANNOS 67; OLD TRAILS 71; TIlE UNJ!'OBOIVEN 78; THEOPHILUS 83; VETEUAN SIRENS 85; SIEGE PERILOUS 87; ANOTHER DARK LADY 89; THE VOICE OJ!' AGE 91; TUE DARK HOUSE 94; [ ix]; THE POOR RELATION; THE BURNING BOOK; FRAGMENT; LISETTE AND EILEEN; LLEWELLYN AND THE TREK; BEWICK FINZER; BOKA1iDO ?; THE MAN AGAINST TUB SKY;
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