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IN THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: WITHIN THE TINY PANTHEON
Last Line: TO FIND THE PRESENT WITH A KISS.
Subject(s): METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK;
Within the tiny Pantheon
We stood together silently,
Leaving the restless crowd awhile
As ships find shelter from the sea.

The ancient centuries came back
To cover us a moment's space,
And thro' the dome the light was glad
Because it shone upon your face.

Ah, not from Rome but farther still,
Beyond sun-smitten Salamis,
The moment took us, till you stooped
To find the present with a kiss.






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