H 155 Verso

H 155 Verso Transcript

It Ruffles Wrists of Posts -
As Ankles of a Queen -
Then stills its +Artisans - like
+Swans -
Denying they have been -
+ o  deals celestial Vail -
+   Myrmidons  + Ghosts
+ o  Acres of seams -
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Like Mighty - Foot Lights - burned
the Red
At Bases of the Trees -
The far Theatricals of Day
Exhibiting - to These -

'Twas Universe - that did +applaud -
While Chiefest - +of the Crowd -
Enabled by his Royal Dress -
Myself distinguished God -
+  Attend  +  in -
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Image produced by xerographic copying page 250 from the Harvard Library Bulletin, Vol. 28, July, 1980 and then scanning the copy.
[NOTE: The long line at the end of each poem indicates that the poem is finished on this page.

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