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Poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter

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The Child

... And oft she kissed his throat all full of song— ...

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In Any Garden

... "'Twas but the shade and shaking of your leaf," ...

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The Fairies

... But I'll drive the goats for pasture to their greenest rath each morn ...

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As The Sparks Fly Upward

... I prayed, "When comes the light of consciousness ...

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Vale

... What comfort there, dear heart, ...

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The Heart Of A Maid

... Who knows? In the pink of its bloom, ...

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The Patchwork Quilt

... Since I must go forth alone, far beyond the roof-tree's shade, ...

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Sister Marie

... On through the vale the strange stream went, ...

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False Dearvorgil

... There, let the blind kern find his kings in wolf, or hawk, or dove, ...

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To Mona

... Than that be-ribboned spaniel which ...

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The Hours Of Illness

... The clock strikes eight! The curtains pulled aside ...

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To Donneen

... " I said—"He'll fear the throbbing engine's shriek, ...

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I Saw Children Playing

... " No! they still are playing, chatting in a ring, ...

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Death Of Gormlaith

... Those brave shoulders wide and strong, ...

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Earl Roderick’s Bride

... He drove the beast through stream and briar ...