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Elements

Not to spoil the child, spare him you
And be Moses with a sudden rod. The water
You part is all attached; O but better
Break the Red umbilical Sea in two.
Your neighbor and you are old strangers. Who
Is in the yard at night with a dancing satyr,
Playing on a jews-harp? He'll catch you soon or later
But put up snow palings. That you can do.
Away now. Away from mother and all.
Your sister is your brother but neither is
In want of a waterfall unless you gauge
The clouds from injury. Only unseal
To the lover; he will grow in rain like this,
Grow at the roots, grow at the greener edge.

Structure

14 lines · 3 stanzas