Nature
The Seal
From Gypsy Verses (1907)
Nature
The document of day is folded down,
Night, the great lawyer, takes the waiting sheet,
And o’er the murky shadows of the town
Sets his red seal, to make the deed complete.
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MLA
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Seal.” Poetry Codex, poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/164/.
Chicago
Whitney, Helen Hay. “The Seal.” Poetry Codex. https://poetrycodex.com/poem/whitney_hh/164/.
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