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Poems by John Crowe Ransom

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Dumb-Bells

...   And washed him glittering white and clean ...

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Geometry

...   For oaks are spindling too, and bent, ...

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Darkness

...   And feeling your way when paths are crossed: ...

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Overtures

...   "Perhaps she crept to you, and cried, ...

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The School

...   The Lord preserves his saints for Christian uses ...

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Wrestling

...   They sprang, they gripped, they strained and rocked and twisted, ...

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Friendship

...   How will you stand before the lord of harvests ...

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Morning

...   With filthy food, which they must cast away ...

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April Treason

... Still she touched his fingers cold as ice ...

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Vaunting Oak

... She looked and murmured, “Established there, forever!” ...