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The oldOld winds that blewWhen chaos was, what doThey tell the clattered trees that IShould weep?

Adelaide Crapsey

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Adelaide Crapsey
Age: 36 †
Born: 1878
Born: September 9
Died: 1914
Died: October 8
Journalist
Literary Critic
Poet
Teacher
Writer
Brooklyn
New York
Weep
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Trees
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