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Classic poem of the day

1.

For what the World admires I'll wish no more,
Nor court that airy nothing of a Name:
Such flitting Shadows let the Proud adore,
Let them be Suppliants for an empty Fame.

2.

If Reason rules within, and keeps the Throne,
While the inferior Faculties obey,
And all her Laws without Reluctance own,
Accounting none more fit, m......

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Member poem of the day

            Light 
Broad leaf grain of hope 
may sprout, green shoots of bounty
blossom by default 


           Shade
Bag lady's warren 
at a haute couture entrance
gilt-edge coin scruple