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MAXIMS FOR THE OLD HOUSE: THE EAVES by ANNA HEMPSTEAD BRANCH

First Line: IF UNDERNEATH THE QUIET EAVES
Last Line: HOW SWEET THE FORESTS WERE IN SPRING.
Subject(s): HOUSES;
If underneath the quiet eaves
You hear the pushing of vague leaves --
'T is these old beams, remembering
How sweet the forests were in spring.



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