Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, OUT OF AN OLD BOOK, by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON



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OUT OF AN OLD BOOK, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: I opened, read: lo, like a sun
Last Line: Beauty is dateless, life is one.
Subject(s): Books; Life; Reading


I OPENED, read: lo, like a sun
Out of that dusty ancientry
A dead man's word illumined me --
Beauty is dateless, Life is one.





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