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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FIRST DEGREE, by RUTH BEITTEL
First Line: I have purchased my calm
Last Line: It is memory's ghost!
Subject(s): Memory
First Line: I have purchased my calm
Last Line: It is memory's ghost!
Subject(s): Memory
I have purchased my calm,
I enjoy every breath;
Was the cost very dear?
Just Memory's death.
I am wakeful tonight,
And I search for my host.
Who comes? Great God!
It is Memory's ghost!
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