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Though not, I say, a star of death and sin,
It yet has poles, and only needs a spin
To show its worldly nature and begin
It yet has poles, and only needs a spin
To show its worldly nature and begin
To chafe and shuffle in my calloused palm
And run off in strange tangents with my arm
As fish do with the line in first alarm.
And run off in strange tangents with my arm
As fish do with the line in first alarm.
Such as it is, it promises the prize
Of the one world complete in any size
That I am like to compass, fool or wise.
Of the one world complete in any size
That I am like to compass, fool or wise.
The Yale ReviewRobert Frost
NORAH EN DE ARK
I wisht dat I wuz Norah a-sailin' in de Ark,
A-sailin', sailin', sailin' fur away.
He heerd his Massa callin' him, a-callin' thoo the dark,
A-callin', callin', callin' all de day.
Norah he wuz righeous, en de Lawd He say, sezee,
"Go mek yerse'f a dwellin'-place en ride upon de sea."
En Norah say, perlitely, "You done right ter pick on me,"
En he hammer, hammer, hammer w'ile he pray.
A-sailin', sailin', sailin' fur away.
He heerd his Massa callin' him, a-callin' thoo the dark,
A-callin', callin', callin' all de day.
Norah he wuz righeous, en de Lawd He say, sezee,
"Go mek yerse'f a dwellin'-place en ride upon de sea."
En Norah say, perlitely, "You done right ter pick on me,"
En he hammer, hammer, hammer w'ile he pray.
Gawd He walk' wid Norah,
E'n Norah walk' wid Gawd.
In de coolness ob de ev'nin' time
Norah walk' wid Gawd.
E'n Norah walk' wid Gawd.
In de coolness ob de ev'nin' time
Norah walk' wid Gawd.
De Lawd he says ter Norah, "Mek dat Ark o'goopher wood,
En hammer, hammer, hammer wid yer might,
En black it up wid pitch 'n' tar, en waterproof it good,
En hammer, hammer, hammer ha'd en tight.
Go mek it fifty cupids wide en t'irty cupids high,
En mek it monst'us long er e'se I'll know de reason w'y;
En hammer, hammer, hammer wid yer might,
En black it up wid pitch 'n' tar, en waterproof it good,
En hammer, hammer, hammer ha'd en tight.
Go mek it fifty cupids wide en t'irty cupids high,
En mek it monst'us long er e'se I'll know de reason w'y;
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