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LOVE SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: SWEEP THE HOUSE CLEAN
Last Line: FROM BLACK BRANCHES.
Subject(s): LOVE - COMPLAINTS;
Sweep the house clean,
hang fresh curtains
in the windows
put on a new dress
and come with me!
The elm is scattering
its little loaves
of sweet smells
from a white sky!

Who shall hear of us
in the time to come?
Let him say there was
a burst of fragrance
from black branches.



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