Living
We Defer Things
From Armazindy (1894)
Living
We say and we say and we say,
We promise, engage and declare,
Till a year from to-morrow is yesterday,
And yesterday is--Where?
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “We Defer Things.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/617/.
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Riley, James Whitcomb. “We Defer Things.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/riley/617/.
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