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William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (1878–1962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922.

Rousseau

THAT odd, fantastic ass, Rousseau,

Declared himself unique.

How men persist in doing so,

Puzzles me more than Greek.

The sins that tarnish whore and thief

Beset me every day.

My most ethereal belief

Inhabits common clay.