Nature
The Yardstick
From Goblins and Pagodas (1916)
Nature
Yardstick that measured out so many miles of cloth,
Yardstick that covered me,
I wonder do you hop of nights
Out to the still hill-cemetery,
And up and down go measuring
A clayey grave for me?
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Fletcher, John Gould. “The Yardstick.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/70/.
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Fletcher, John Gould. “The Yardstick.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/fletcher/70/.
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