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EYES
When life is very lonelyI close my eyes and goAcross a field and up a hill,A way I know;
And there I find a gardenWith a little house in it,And both are wistful whispering,"Come in and sit!"
Then you come, always singing,On down the garden's walk,And we, in white front doorway, standAnd softly talk.
I often light a candle,In my small sitting-room,To show you some new picture orA bit of bloom.
And all our time togetherYou love as much as I:But, oh, my open eyes that watchYou passing by!
The ConservativeWinifred Virginia Jackson


DEAFNESS
Wall-mountain rimmed around the skyAnd bellied down, a bowlWith chipped and crackled edge; the farmDropped in like leaf-lopped cole.

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