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Слушать(AI)Last Hill In A Vista
Come, let us tell the weeds in
How we are poor, who once had riches,
And lie out in the sparse and
Pastures that the cows have trodden,
The while an autumn night seals
The comforts of the wooden town.
Come, let us counsel some cold
How we sought safety, but loved danger.
So, with stiff walls about us,
Chose this more fragile boundary:
Hills, where light poplars, the firm oak,
Loosen into a little smoke.
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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