Don Marquis,
Poems and Portraits
(1922)
“ When the blurred day lessens and grows dim! And should this seem a stark parade Of such a bond as mine and thine, Forgive this boastful heart of mine That brags it to the crowd, because I love our names to intertwine. POEMSA Wood Fire The Paradox The Mystic A Ghost Speaks Heir and Serf A Gentleman of Fifty Soliliquizes Breath The Towers of Manhattan "Only Thy Dust..." ”
