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AS OF OLD by BERNARD M. KIRKE

First Line: A MISTY EYE AND A WASTED CHEEK
Last Line: AND MINGLE BLOOD WITH GROANS.
Subject(s): PEASANTRY;
A MISTY eye and a wasted cheek
In a window near the sea;
Cities are sad and meadows bleak
And rains fall drearily.

A sallow cheek and a cold, cold eye
In a land across the sea;
Father and brother and sweetheart lie
Beside their musketry.

Velvety palaces, coffers of gold,
And kings upon their thrones,
While peasants grapple as of old
And mingle blood with groans.



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