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I Sang

by Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg

I sang to you and the moon
But only the moon remembers.
I sang
O reckless free-hearted
free-throated rythms,
Even the moon remembers them
And is kind to me.




Last updated May 02, 2015

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