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The Triolet

Don Marquis

Your triolet should glimmer
  Like a butterfly;
In golden light, or dimmer,
Your triolet should glimmer,
Tremble, turn, and shimmer,
  Flash, and flutter by;
Your triolet should glimmer
  Like a butterfly.
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From Dreams & Dust | Harper & Brothers, 1915
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