I was, being human, born alone I am, being woman, hard beset I live by squeezing from a stone The little nourishment I get.
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Avoid the reeking herd, Shun the polluted flock, Live like that stoic bird The eagle of the rock.Elinor Morton Hoyt Wylie
Down to the Puritan marrow of my bones There's something in this richness that I hate. I love the look, austere, immaculate, Of landscapes drawn in pearly monotones.
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My soul, be not disturbed By planetary war Remain securely orbed In this contracted star.
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Hail, element of earth, receive thy own And cherish, at thy charitable breast, This man, this mongrel beast He plows the sand, and, at his hardest need, He sows himself for seed.
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Enshrine her and she dies, who had The hard heart of a child.
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