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The Uncollected Poems of Henry Timrod

Timrod, Henry (1828-1867)

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LET NOT THESE HARMLESS JOYS

Let not these harmless joys invite
Thy censure, Reader; nor excite
A self-complacent mirth,
For thus he nurst no worthless love,
Which serv'd to lift his thoughts above,
Yet bind him to the earth.
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