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I know that a creed is the shell of a lie.

Amy Lowell

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Amy Lowell
Age: 51 †
Born: 1874
Born: February 9
Died: 1925
Died: May 12
Poet
Socialite
Writer
Brookline
Massachusetts
Amy Lawrence Lowell
Creeds
Atheism
Lying
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In my stiff, brocaded gown. With my powdered hair and jeweled fan, I too am a rare Pattern.
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Hate is ravening vulture beaks descending on a place of skulls.
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On the neck of the young man sparkles no gem so gracious as enterprise. Youth condemns maturity condones.
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May is much sunshine through small leaves.
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Brighter than fireflies upon the Uji River are your words in the dark, Beloved.
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I am tired, Beloved, of chafing my heart against the want of you of squeezing it into little inkdrops, And posting it.
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Happiness, to some, elation Is, to others, mere stagnation.
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Life is a stream On which we strew Petal by petal the flower of our heart.
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When I go away from you The world beats dead Like a slackened drum.
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