[Poems by Lowell in] American Literature A Journal of Literary History, Criticism, and Bibliography : volume XXXV number 3 November 1963 |
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XI
The Writing-lesson
I sought a word I could not find,So sweet 'twould ravish all mankind;
Through many a tongue I sought in vain
Nor won a guerdon for my pain,
Until one day with shy surprise
It glimmered from a woman's eyes.
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