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Can we believe by an effort	A
comfort our hearts	B
it is not waste all this	C
not placed here in disgust	D
street after street	E
each patterned alike	F
no grace to lighten	G
a single house of the hundred	H
crowded into one garden space	I
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Crowded can we believe	J
not in utter disgust	D
in ironical play	K
but the maker of cities grew faint	L
with the beauty of temple	M
and space before temple	M
arch upon perfect arch	N
of pillars and corridors that led out	O
to strange court yards and porches	P
where sun light stamped	Q
hyacinth shadows	R
black on the pavement	S
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That the maker of cities grew faint	L
with the splendour of palaces	P
paused while the incense flowers	T
from the incense trees	U
dropped on the marble walk	V
thought anew fashioned this	C
street after street alike	F
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For alas	W
he had crowded the city so full	X
that men could not grasp beauty	Y
beauty was over them	Z
through them about them	Z
no crevice unpacked with the honey	Y
rare measureless	W
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So he built a new city	Y
ah can we believe not ironically	Y
but for new splendour	A2
constructed new people	M
to lift through slow growth	B2
to a beauty unrivalled yet	C2
and created new cells	W
hideous first hideous now	D2
spread larve across them	Z
not honey but seething life	E2
	-
And in these dark cells	W
packed street after street	E
souls live hideous yet	C2
O disfigured defaced	F2
with no trace of the beauty	Y
men once held so light	G2
	-
Can we think a few old cells	W
were left we are left	H2
grains of honey	Y
old dust of stray pollen	G
dull on our torn wings	W
we are left to recall the old streets	W
	-
Is our task the less sweet	E
that the larve still sleep in their cells	W
Or crawl out to attack our frail strength	I2
You are useless We live	J2
We await great events	W
We are spread through this earth	K2
We protect our strong race	W
You are useless	W
Your cell takes the place	W
of our young future strength	I2
	-
Though they sleep or wake to torment	L2
and wish to displace our old cells	W
thin rare gold	M2
that their larve grow fat	N2
is our task the less sweet	E
	-
Though we wander about	O
find no honey of flowers in this waste	F2
is our task the less sweet	E
who recall the old splendour	A2
await the new beauty of cities	W
	-
i The city is peopled	O2
with spirits not ghosts O my love	P2
	-
Though they crowded between	Q2
and usurped the kiss of my mouth	R2
their breath was your gift i	S2
their beauty your life	E2

Hilda Doolittle

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