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Sidney Lanier

In the far North stands a Pine-tree, lone,
 Upon a wintry height;
It sleeps:  around it snows have thrown
 A covering of white.

It dreams forever of a Palm
 That, far i’ the Morning-land,
Stands silent in a most sad calm
 Midst of the burning sand.


Point Lookout Prison, 1864.

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From Poems | Written c. 1864

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