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Lola Ridge

Easter, 1916

Censored lies that mimic truth…
     Censored truth as pale as fear…
My heart is like a rousing bell—
     And but the dead to hear…

My heart is like a mother bird,
     Circling ever higher,
And the nest-tree rimmed about
     By a forest fire…

My heart is like a lover foiled
     By a broken stair—
They are fighting to-night in Sackville Street,
     And I am not there!

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From The Ghetto and Other Poems | 1918

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