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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOSSIL, 1919, by JANET LEWIS Poet's Biography
First Line: I found a little ancient fern
Last Line: In a a round apricot velvet case.
Alternate Author Name(s): Winters, Janet Lewis; Winters, Yvor, Mrs.
Subject(s): Fossils
First Line: I found a little ancient fern
Last Line: In a a round apricot velvet case.
Alternate Author Name(s): Winters, Janet Lewis; Winters, Yvor, Mrs.
Subject(s): Fossils
I found a little ancient fern
Closed in a reddish shale concretion,
As neatly and as charmingly shut in
As my grandmother's face in a daguerrotype,
In a a round apricot velvet case.
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