Nature
Threnody
From Ballads for Sale (1927)
Nature
On an evening of black snow
I walked along the causeway,
Wishing that I too might melt
Between the agitated fingers
Of a stuttering, intolerable sea.
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MLA
Lowell, Amy. “Threnody.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/437/.
Chicago
Lowell, Amy. “Threnody.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/lowell_a/437/.
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