Louis V. Ledoux Poems

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Memphis and Karnak, Luxor, Thebes, the Nile:
   Of these your letters told; and I who read
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Let others give you wealth and love,
   And guard you while you live;
I cannot set my gift above
   The gifts that others give.
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Drowsily come the sheep
From the place where the pastures be,
   By a dusty lane
   To the fold again,
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O clinging hands, and eyes where sleep has set
   Her seal of peace, go not from me so soon.
O little feet, take not the pathway yet,
The dust of other feet with tears is wet,
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