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Thy Banners gleam a little, and are furled Against thy turrets surge His phantom tow'rs Drugged with his Opiates the nations nod, Refusing still the beauty of thine hours And fragile is thy tenure of this world Still haunted by the monstrous ghost of God.

George Sterling

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George Sterling
Age: 56 †
Born: 1869
Born: December 1
Died: 1926
Died: November 17
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Dramaturge
Poet
Sag Harbor
New York
Littles
Fragile
Tenure
Little
Ghost
Gleam
Turrets
World
Atheism
Refusing
Drugged
Beauty
Phantoms
Tow
Nations
Banner
Banners
Hours
Haunted
Opiates
Stills
Thine
Surge
Still
Monstrous
Phantom

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