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First Line: The anguishes of poets are
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Alternate Author Name(s): Hall, Galway
Subject(s): Poetry & Poets


THE anguishes of poets are
Less grim than other men's, by far:
When other men can only curse,
The poet puts his woes in verse.
And Yee Lee, though at first the pang was smart
When by his friend Wu Wu his bride was stolen,
Soon asked which best expressed a broken heart,
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