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Joaquin Miller's Poems

[in six volumes]

Miller, Joaquin (1837-1913)

Volume One

[dedication]

AN INTRODUCTION

LATER LINES PREFERRED BY LONDON

LESSONS FOR MY LOVERS

LINES THAT PAPA LIKED

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XVIII

I did not question, did not care
To know the right or wrong. I saw
That savage freedom had a spell,
And loved it more than word can tell.
I snapped my fingers at the law,
And dared to laugh, and laughed to dare.