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Western windows and other poems
Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
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DEDICATION.
WESTERN WINDOWS.
WESTERN WINDOWS.
THE MOWER IN OHIO.
READING THE MILESTONE.
THE PIONEER'S CHIMNEY.
FIRE BEFORE SEED.
KING'S TAVERN.
FIRES IN ILLINOIS.
RIDING TO VOTE.
SUNSHINE AND FIRELIGHT.
SONNETS.
FIVE YEARS.
FOOTSTEPS RETURNING
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AN ECHO.
“
Come
back,” I sigh'd—
The flower
I dropp'd upon the tide
Was vanish'd many an hour.
“Come back,” the Echo sigh'd
“Come back,” I cried—
The love,
Flower-like I cast aside,
An angel bears above.
“Come back,” the Echo cried.
Western windows and other poems