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Mountain Song

by Harriet Monroe

Harriet Monroe

I have not where to lay my head:
Upon my breast no child shall lie;
For me no marriage feast is spread:
I walk alone under the sky.




Quotes of the Day

I wanted to marry her when I saw the moonlight shining on the barrel of her father's shotgun

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