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Memory Of April

by William Carlos Williams

William Carlos Williams

You say love is this, love is that:
Poplar tassels, willow tendrils
the wind and the rain comb,
tinkle and drip, tinkle and drip-
branches drifting apart. Hagh!
Love has not even visited this country.




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Do not be too moral. You may cheat yourself out of much of life. So aim above morality. Be not simply good; be good for something.
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