The Bridge: A Poem |
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... rings of tumult , building high Over the chained bay waters Liberty- Then , with inviolate curve , forsake our eyes As apparitional as sails that cross Some page of figures to be filed away ; - - Till elevators drop us from our day ...
... rings of tumult , building high Over the chained bay waters Liberty- Then , with inviolate curve , forsake our eyes As apparitional as sails that cross Some page of figures to be filed away ; - - Till elevators drop us from our day ...
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... rondure whole , this crescent ring Sun - cusped and zoned with modulated fire Like pearls that whisper through the Doge's hands -Yet no delirium of jewels ! O Fernando , AVE MARIA Take of that eastern shore , this western 12 THE BRIDGE.
... rondure whole , this crescent ring Sun - cusped and zoned with modulated fire Like pearls that whisper through the Doge's hands -Yet no delirium of jewels ! O Fernando , AVE MARIA Take of that eastern shore , this western 12 THE BRIDGE.
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... ring When all the fireworks blare , begins A tom - tom scrimmage with a somewhere violin , Some cheapest echo of them all — begins . - And shall we call her whiter than the snow ? Sprayed first with ruby , then with emerald sheen- Least ...
... ring When all the fireworks blare , begins A tom - tom scrimmage with a somewhere violin , Some cheapest echo of them all — begins . - And shall we call her whiter than the snow ? Sprayed first with ruby , then with emerald sheen- Least ...
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