The past is such a curious creature, To look her in the face A transport may reward us, Or a disgrace. Unarmed if any meet her, I charge him, fly! Her rusty ammunition Might yet reply!
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- Poems, The Past; Exact wording and attribution checked. Text follows the public-domain 1890s edited Poems edition, whose punctuation and wording differ from later manuscript editions.
- Poems, The Past
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