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THE LYRICS POET'S APOLOGY by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: I STRIVE TO PROBE TO OTHER HEARTS, AND FIND
Last Line: IN SYLLABLES OF SELF, AND CAN NO OTHER WAY.
Subject(s): HEARTS; LIFE; NATURE; POETRY & POETS;
I STRIVE to probe to other hearts, and find
I do but fret the phantom of mine own;
I strain to paint great Nature, and my mind
But images itself in every zone.
The lesson learned, I sing Life's woven lay
In syllables of Self, and can no other way.



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