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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE ESCAPE, by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE Poet's Biography
First Line: Another yard! Another foot! And then another inch!
Last Line: Then melted in another way than girls are wont to melt.
Subject(s): Escapes; Man-woman Relationships; Fugitives; Male-female Relations
First Line: Another yard! Another foot! And then another inch!
Last Line: Then melted in another way than girls are wont to melt.
Subject(s): Escapes; Man-woman Relationships; Fugitives; Male-female Relations
ANOTHER yard! Another foot! And then another inch!
The lovestruck godling in his arms bright Arethusa felt:
She stabbed him with her grey-blue eyes, she pecked him like a finch,
Then melted in another way than girls are wont to melt.
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