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A PALIMPSEST by KATHERINE HARRIS BRADLEY

First Line: THE REST / OF OUR LIFE MUST BE A PALIMPSEST
Last Line: AS 'MID MOONBEAMS SHIFTED THROUGH A CLOUD.
Subject(s): TIME;
... The rest
Of our life must be a palimpsest—
The old writing written there the best.

In the parchment hoary
Lies a golden story,
As 'mid secret feathers of a dove,
As 'mid moonbeams shifted through a cloud.

Let us write it over,
O my lover,
For the far time to discover,
As 'mid secret feathers of a dove,
As 'mid moonbeams shifted through a cloud.



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