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by Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

I WILL keep you and bring hands to hold you against a great hunger.
I will run a spear in you for a great gladness to die with.
I will stab you between the ribs of the left side with a great love worth remembering.




Quotes of the Day

The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of his tongue.
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Poems of the Day
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    A Summer Longing
    by George Arnold
    I must away to the wooded hills and vales, Where broad, slow streams flow cool and silently And idle barges flap their listless sails. For me the summer sunset glows and pales, And green fields wait for ...