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SONGS TO A.H.R.: 1. FREE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: O were your heart not wide, dear
Last Line: Below me or above.
Subject(s): Freedom; Hearts; Love; Soul; Liberty


O were your heart not wide, dear,
And were your soul not high,
And were not both so deep, too,
Deep as the April sky,
I should not find love freedom,
But know a need to range
All heaven and hell -- a prisoner
Pining for space and change.

But since there's depth within you
To hang my moon and stars,
Since I have not to beat vain wings
Against offending bars,
I find all other spaces
That lie beyond our love
Are prisons -- all alluring worlds
Below me or above.





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