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First Line: Coaxed by the waiting light in gracie's eyes
Last Line: "yes, dorothy?"
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


Coaxed by the waiting light in Gracie's eyes
And Curtis' half-belief, they came that day,
Wee elves, but found the eighth grade overwise;
For Richard knew that faery folk were lies,
And Jacob with his stubby hair,
His bristling questions, and his skeptic air,
Would fright the boldest elfmen far away.

The sun had drooped outside our vale, its pale glow crept
Higher on cradling mountain sides; the river slept
In early shadows, and the eigth grade drowsed
Through the last period. My voice aroused
Tired senses: "We've read our poem through
Silently. Now won't you
Tell what the pictures mean?
What do they make you think of that you've seen?
Yes, Dorothy?"





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