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THE CRYSTAL GAZER by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: I SHALL GATHER MYSELF INTO MYSELF AGAIN
Last Line: IN RESTLESS SELF-IMPORTANCE TO AND FRO.
Subject(s): MEDITATION;
I shall gather myself into myself again,
I shall take my scattered selves and make them one,
Fusing them into a polished crystal ball
Where I can see the moon and the flashing sun.

I shall sit like a sibyl, hour after hour intent,
Watching the future come and the present go,
And the little shifting pictures of people rushing
In restless self-importance to and fro.



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