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With Pinions of Disdain
The soul can farther fly
Than any feather specified
in Ornithology—
It wafts this sordid Flesh
Beyond its dull—control
And during its electric gale—
The body is a soul—
instructing by the same—
How little work it be—
To put off filaments like this
for immortality

Edited by Peter Carter

Added: 2 Apr 2003 | Last Read: 7 Jun 2025 5:37 PM | Viewed: 7202 times

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