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APART by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: A PIECE OF CLIFF THAT BROKE AWAY
Last Line: WHAT POWER DISPOSED, AND UNDERSTANDS?
Subject(s): DREAMS; FLOWERS; NIGHTMARES;

A PIECE of cliff that broke away,
Unaltered else, but single, stands.
And still the old sun its flowers obey,
And still the old rain its growth commands.

Oh flowers I gather with my hands,—
Oh flowers that touch I never may,
As dreams remote, as near as day,—
What Power disposed, and understands?



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