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Western windows and other poems
Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
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DEDICATION.
WESTERN WINDOWS.
SUNSHINE AND FIRELIGHT.
SONNETS.
MY SHADOW'S STATURE.
MY NIGHTMARE.
TO A POET: ON HIS MARRIAGE.
THE BOOK OF GOLD.
TRAVELERS.
ANNIVERSARY.
TWOFOLD.
A BUST IN CLAY.
MIRAGE.
SEPTEMBER.
THE WEEK.
THE WHITE LILY.
AWAKE IN DARKNESS.
THE CHILD IN THE STREET.
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