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POEMS. 37

��XXIII. THE LOST THOUGHT.

T FELT a clearing in my mind

  • As if my brain had split ;

I tried to match it, seam by seam, But could not make them fit.

The thought behind I strove to join Unto the thought before,

But sequence ravelled out of reach Like balls upon a floor.

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