A Glimpse
Part of the cluster CALAMUS.
A GLIMPSE.
A GLIMPSE, through an interstice caught, Of a crowd of workmen and drivers in a bar-room,around the stove, late of a winter night—And I
unremark'd, seated in a corner; [ begin page 139 ]
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Of a youth who loves me, and whom I love, silently approaching, and seating himself near, that he
may hold me by the hand; A long while, amid the noises of coming and going—
of drinking and oath and smutty jest, There we two, content, happy in being together,
speaking little, perhaps not a word.
Part of the cluster CALAMUS.