| William Stanley Braithwaite, ed. (18781962). Anthology of Massachusetts Poets. 1922. |
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| I WALKED with poets in my youth, | |
| Because the world they drew | |
| Was beautiful and glorious | |
| Beyond the world I knew. | |
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| The poets are my comrades still, | 5 |
| But dearer than in youth, | |
| For now I know that they alone | |
| Picture the world of truth. | |
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