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Joaquin Miller's Poems

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Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

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Ills come not singly, birds of prey
Flock not more closely on than they;
Ill comes disguised in many forms;
Fair winds are but a prophecy
Of foulest winds full soon to be—
The brighter these, the blacker they;
The brightest night has darkest day
And brightest days bring blackest storms.
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