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Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
LANDMARKS.
OTHER POEMS
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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TASKING THE MUSE.
Thy
housekeeper the goddess will not be—
Make task-work for the Muse and she will fly;
Her gift of love is in her liberty:
But, close thy door—then she is in her sky!
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