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Poems of house and home
Piatt, John James (1835-1917)
[dedication]
POEMS OF HOUSE AND HOME.
COUNTERPARTS.
SONG.
FOUR HAPPY WALLS.
A SONG OF CONTENT.
THE HOUSE'S DARLING.
HOMEWARD ON THE TRAIN.
HER DREAM OF LOSS.
THE TRUNDLE-BED.
NOONING AT THE HALF-WAY HOUSE.
A SCATTERED FAMILY.
THE LAND OF MEMORY.
BLUE SKY.
OTHER POEMS.
HOME-LONGING.
A VOICE IN OHIO.
BREVIA.
1.
I. A CERTAIN CONSERVATIVE.
3.
III. A STATUE OF JUPITER, BY PHIDIAS.
7.
VII. A MOTH.
8.
VIII. INFLUENCE OF BOOKS.
9.
IX. WITH A GIFT.
10.
X. HOLY WORD.
THE POET'S BIRD.
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VII.
A MOTH.
Poor moth, that fluttering through my candle-flame,
Die of your sudden passion for the light,
From the great outer gulf of night you came,
Then pass into utter night!
Poems of house and home
