A WORD - A word is dead

A word is dead
When it is said,
Some say.
I say it just
Begins to live
That day.

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HOPE - Hope is a subtle glutton

Hope is a subtle glutton; / He feeds upon the fair;

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He touched me, so I live to know

He touched me, so I live to know / That such a day, permitted so,

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PSALM OF THE DAY - A something in a summer's day

PSALM OF THE DAY. / A something in a summer's day,

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THE butterfly obtains

THE butterfly obtains / But little sympathy,

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