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My Lyrical Life

Poems Old and New. By Gerald Massey
Massey, Gerald (1828-1907)

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FIRST SERIES.
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SONGS.
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SECOND SERIES.
  
LADY MARIAN.
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THE SEA-KINGS.
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PERSONAL.
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GARIBALDI.
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WEDDED LOVE.
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LYRICS OF LOVE.
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CRIES OF 'FORTY-EIGHT.
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LADY LAURA.
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WAR-WAITS.
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LAST LYRICS.

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LOOKING BEFORE AND AFTER.

You say in front our Pitfalls wait
Agape to engulf us soon or late;
And open-eyed we face our fate!
We say your Pitfalls lurk behind,
And, driven backward, you will find
In falling you must go it blind!
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