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Up from the bronze,
I
Water without a
Rush to its rest in air,
Reach to its rest, and fall.
Bronze of the blackest shade,
An element man-made,
Shaping upright the
Clear gouts of water in air.
O, as with arm and hammer,
Still it is good to
To beat out the image whole,
To echo the shout and
When full-gushed waters, alive,
Strike on the fountain's
After the air of summer.
Louise Bogan
Louise Bogan (August 11, 1897 – February 4, 1970) was an American poet. She was appointed the fourth Poet Laureate to the Library of Congress in
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