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After a hundred years
Nobody knows the Place
Agony that enacted there
Motionless as Peace

Weeds triumphant ranged
Strangers strolled and spelled
At the lone Orthography
Of the Elder Dead

Winds of Summer Fields
Recollect the way—
Instinct picking up the Key
Dropped by memory—

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 7 Jun 2025 4:38 PM | Viewed: 8977 times

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