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Sometimes a – World is – vaster Stage –
To our most Inner scene –
Than a Thorn’s idiosyncrasies –
Precluding – Rose – be seen –

Above the Din – of Actium –
Two Caesars’ Alarum –
Yet won’t prevent the Nile – Aspic –
Nicking – the Queen’s Bosom –

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The Sun – as glides upon a Wall –
Does it – shed Revelry –
The wall – Gleaming beneath the Sun –
Warrants such Modesty –

Feasts might be – which upon the Twain –
We – shall See – united–
But care They of Dandelion –
Rooting in – Cracks – Unshared –

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