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Classic poem of the day

a

Hylas, the world's perceptual scene,
And man no less, the axle beam
Of mobile sense, exist but as
A notion in the mind of God.

b

And Columbine contributed,
Uttering a wise complaint:
Pierrot upon my stressed breast —
The old moon in the new moon's arms.

c

The subtle fury of a winter dusk;
A chord dissolving in the brain —
All knowledge and ideality
Are borne in the lapse......

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Member poem of the day

Looking down on himself through that dark shifting pool,
a wavering surface, an enticement, a thrill:
a man who could never emerge into this world,
a shadow, a snare lurking ahead
and a dread creature’s maw behind -
He turns, he stumbles, and he falls.