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Poems by John Crowe Ransom

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The Ingrate

...   "Your moon shines very well, my friend, ...

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Noonday Grace

... "   Like mother, he finds it his greatest joy ...

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The Bachelor

...   She brushed the yard, she brushed the step, ...

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Judith Of Bethulia

... And the chieftain’s head, with grinning sockets, and varnished— ...

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November

...   But the pot sings back just as shrill as it can, ...

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The Lover

...   Do they not hear the burst of bells, ...

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Romance Of A Youngest Daughter

... Desirée (of a mother’s christening) never shall wed ...

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An American Addresses Philomela

... She has even appeared to the Teutons, the swilled and gravid ...

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By The Riverside

...   A clean blue air for his breathing-space, ...

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April

...   That mounted once from these emaciate minstrels ...

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Janet Waking

... Who would have kissed each curl of his shining baby ...

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Roses

...   I blessed the heart that wished me well ...

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One Who Rejects Christ

...   Should scratch out the hay and tickle their noses ...

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The Power Of God

...   "And one was so heavy with sleep that she watched not, and slept ...

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Street Light

...   There's light enough, and strong enough, ...