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Flower and thorn
later poems
Aldrich, Thomas Bailey (1836-1907)
I. Spring in New England
ACROSS THE STREET.
AMONG THE PINES.
THE IRON AGE.
THE PARCÆ.
FABLE.
THORWALDSEN.
VI. SONNETS.
ENGLAND.
BARBERRIES.
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Flower and thorn
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THE IRON AGE.
The
big-lipped Sphinx, with bent perplexéd brow,
Crouches in desert sand, inert and pale,
Hearing the engine's raucous scream, that now
Sends Echo flying through the Memphian vale.
Flower and thorn