FROM THE POETRY SHELF1914

The Bungler

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You glow in my heart Like the flames of uncounted candles. But when I go to warm my hands, My clumsiness overturns the light, And then I stumble Against the tables and chairs.
Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (1914) · Project Gutenberg ↗

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