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Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
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THE THREE WORK-DAYS.
THE LOST GENIUS.
CONFLAGRATION.
THE NEW HOUSE.
THE PEACH-BLOSSOMS.
APPLE-GATHERING.
CÆSAR SALUTED.
IF.
LONG AGO.
THE NEW COMING.
CARPE DIEM.
SUNSHINE IN RAIN.
BREVIA.
KEEPING A ROSE'S COMPANY.—A PERSIAN FABLE.
FOR ---.
POPULARITY AND FAME.
WINTER SUNSET.
FOR SCULPTURE.
TASKING THE MUSE.
WITH SOME OLD LETTERS.
A DECEMBER NIGHT.
NEW FLIGHTS.
FORMER SELF.
SNOW-FALLING.
HALF-DREAMING.
BEARERS OF THE WORLD.
AFTERWARD.
TRANSFIGURATION.
TWO WATCHERS.
A MAN'S VOTE.
PARTING AND MEETING.
A ROSE'S JOURNEY.
TWO RETURNS.
TO THE STATUE ON THE CAPITOL:
IN MARCH.
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FOR SCULPTURE.
Lo
, sleep binds over the weary angel Life,
Whose globe, his care, turns idly from his hand,
With all its continents of toil and strife,
With all its tossing seas and shifting sand!
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