The Mind
Ghosts
From October and Other Poems (1920)
The Mind
Mazing around my mind like moths at a shaded candle,
In my heart like lost bats in a cave fluttering,
Mock ye the charm whereby I thought reverently to lay you,
When to the wall I nail’d your reticent effigys?
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MLA
Bridges, Robert. “Ghosts.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/38/.
Chicago
Bridges, Robert. “Ghosts.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/bridges/38/.
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