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SHADOWS OF SHASTA by CINCINNATUS HEINE MILLER

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First Line: IN THE PLACE WHERE THE GRIZZLY REPOSES
Last Line: ALL THINGS THAT WERE MANLIEST THEN.

In the place where the grizzly reposes,
Under peaks where a right is a wrong,
I have memories richer than roses,
Sweet echoes more sweet than a song;
Sounds sweet as the voice of a singer
Made sacred with sorrows unsaid,
And a love that implores me to linger
For the love of dead days and their dead.
But I turn, throwing kisses, returning
To strife and to turbulent men,
As to learn to be wise, as unlearning
All things that were manliest then.



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