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A Peculiar Person
From My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889)
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You perfect, pure, original,
Writ in a tongue unknown to all;
Translated, in some other sphere,
You may be read; but will not here.
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Codex Note
From the section "Poems for Christie" of My Lyrical Life, First Series (1889).
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Massey, Gerald. “A Peculiar Person.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/191/.
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Massey, Gerald. “A Peculiar Person.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/massey/191/.
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