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Poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter

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The Leper’s Betrothed

... And I, my love! have robbed from you the right of love, and hope, and trust, ...

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The Dean Of Santiago

... Soft wings brush past the Dean, strange sounds float up, ...

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To-Morrow

... He'd break through the gates of silence, ...

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Comfort The Women

... Where mothers' hearts, that are too brave to break, ...

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Unrest In Autumn

... ’ Still trills the bird, ‘How wide the world to seek ...

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A Ballad Of Marjorie

... ’" "Then falling tears shall make them blind ...

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A Rose Will Fade

... You were always a dreamer, Rose - red Rose, ...

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The Two Laws

... She crouched till dawn in the midnight streets ...

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Little White Rose

... Love is more sweet than the world's fame— ...

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Ireland

... With the white breath of flowers, ...

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The Little Brother

... O brother, brother, come quick, till you laugh with me, ...

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King And Father

... When mountains belched forth their red flames to the sky, ...

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Migratory Birds

... Through the warm sweet days of Spring, ...

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Lady Kathleen

... Or a streamlet would laugh 'neath the hedge unshown ...

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The Enchanted Lake

... Whose scornful laughter chills my heart, ...