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THE SONNET ADDRESSES VERS LIBRE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: If you, free verse, exult in broken chains
Last Line: Moored his rare spoil within my friendly strait.
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If you, Free Verse, exult in broken chains,
In flinging far the fetters of the past,
The metric bonds that held your fancy fast
And cabined you from bold adventurous gains,
Think not, while passion pulses in your veins,
You, only, venture forth into the vast,
You, only, hear the challenge of the blast,
And dare the beckoning of distant mains.
Within the Sonnet's narrow bound austere
Is room for life and death, for love and hate;
The mightiest souls have found full margin here
For wit, for wisdom, and for keen debate.
Why, Shakespeare, ranging through the human sphere,
Moored his rare spoil within my friendly strait.





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