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POEM OF CIRCUMSTANCE, by                    
First Line: Carve your name upon a tree
Last Line: For you can watch it grow.
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Carve your name upon a tree
That thrusts its roots below.
Better than marble this will be,
For you can watch it grow.





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