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Born in 1874 / Died in 1925 / United States / English

Poems by Amy Lowell

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September, 1918

... And the houses ran along them laughing out of square, open windows ...

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Nuit Blanche

... Cuddling the flowers and trees which burn like glass ...

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The Broken Fountain

... The beech leaves cover her with a golden counter-pane ...

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Lilacs

... You are of elm-shaded streets with little shops where they sell kites and marbles, ...

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Middle Age

... Scrolled over with unintelligible patterns ...

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The Letter

... Your silly quirks and twists have nothing ...

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Towns in Colour

... and reveal a wax doll, with staring bead eyes and flaxen hair, lolling awkwardly in its flower chair ...

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Opal

... The touch of you burns my hands like snow ...

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Venus Transiens

... To cover your too great loveliness  ...

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The Garden By Moonlight

... Only the little faces of the ladies' delight are alert and staring, ...

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Thompson’s Lunch Room—Grand Central Station

... Ice-green carboys, shifting—greener, bluer—with the jar of moving water ...

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Thompson’s Lunch Room—Grand Central Station

... A spoon falls upon the floor with the impact of metal striking stone, ...

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Dreams in War Time

... And the tail was spotted scarlet like a tiger-lily, ...

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To a Husband

... Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River ...

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Granadilla

... And only when the blood runs out across my fingers ...