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Blackberries

by William Allingham
 
 

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The Game of Definitions.
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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10

The Game of Definitions.

Sin's but the privative of good.”
Well, and hereby what's understood?
Cold's but the privative of heat,
Darkness the privative of light;
But frost will cut away your feet,
And ships and men are lost at night.
Alphabetic symbols use,
Or algebraic if you choose,
Plus, minus; this concerns not me;
Whatsoever “Sin” may be,
The fierce effects we feel and see.