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DIOGENES by MAX EASTMAN

First Line: A HUT, AND A TREE
Last Line: BUT TO CLEAR AWAY HIS SHADOW.
Subject(s): DIOGENES;
A hut, and a tree,
And a hill for me,
And a piece of a weedy meadow.
I'll ask no thing,
Of God or king,
But to clear away his shadow.



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