Nature
A Fragment
From Lyrical
Nature
Yon bird is strong to fly —
How straight the balanced pinions scoop
Twin scimitars, that carve the cloudy group,
Or, rigid as a die,
Print their sad cypher on the polished sky!
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MLA
Brown, Thomas Edward. “A Fragment.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/85/.
Chicago
Brown, Thomas Edward. “A Fragment.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/brown_te/85/.
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