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Poems by Dora Sigerson Shorter

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Distant Voices

... 'Twill breathe no more beneath the moon ...

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An Epitaph

... And from their lips his song would flow ...

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The Cry Eternal

... Of all earth's prayers that pierce the eternal height ...

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The Scallop Shell

... It gleamed and passed—you burdened it with love, ...

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When You Are On The Sea

... O, if you, drifting, drowned, should hear me sing ...

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Cean Duv Deelish

... '' I loved thee too well for this thing to be, ...

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A Misunderstanding

... Did I vow this sweet breeze would return, ...

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The Skeleton In The Cupboard

... You wreathe the room for Christmas-time ...

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The Rain

... On the thirsting ground let them fall again, ...

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Kathleen Ni-Houlihan

... ‘What hope can laugh through the long years grieving, ...

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Madge Linsey, Or The Three Souls

... Here slipped the thief by night, there dragged the sloven by, ...

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To A Sleeping Maid

... That finds in dreams a world more fair than this ...

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Young Una

... Strange jewels, too, from out the West, ...

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A Cry In The World

... My mate's brown wings grow red in vain beating the bars of her prison ...

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Time And The Lady

... Quick! lest you're lost for ever, in the gloom to find me never ...