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BROKEN THINGS by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: BROKEN THINGS ARE LOVELIEST
Last Line: THE BROKEN BEAUTY OF THE SEA.

Broken things are loveliest,
Broken clouds when dusk is red,
Broken waves where a rainbow rides,
Broken words left half unsaid.

Broken things, broken things --
How quietly they comfort me,
Riven cliffs, where I can watch
The broken beauty of the sea.



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