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VERS LIBRE by ANONYMOUS

First Line: IN THE DEEP BLUE SHADOWS
Last Line: THAT JUMPED IN THE POOL
Subject(s): ANIMALS;BELLS;FROGS;
In the deep blue shadows
Of the forest --
Under the silver rays of the moon --
A tinkling sound
Like the faint ringing
Of some far-off temple bell:
And over the silver surface
Of the quiet water --
Tiny wavelets widening
Like a vagrant thought
On some half-awakened brain --
Fading farther and farther
(And farther)
Into the inscrutable distance. . . .

Come away, you fool!
It was only a bullfrog
That jumped in the pool.



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