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COUNTERPOINT by HALA JEAN HAMMOND

First Line: SO CLOSE THE HEIGHTS TO THINGS SET CYCLE DEEP
Last Line: AS OUTER FIND ITS FLAMING SELF WITHIN.
Subject(s): SELF;

So close the heights to things set cycle deep
In mould; so rich the hearts that fruiting keep
Star plantings, moon ripenings, and the zest of sun
In their quiet aisles—as infinite in one—

So—but a grey of gossamer to hide
All things, or nothing; humility, or pride—
Of a like dust, ending to begin,
As outer find its flaming Self within.



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