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1886–1950

THE YARDSTICK

John Gould Fletcher

Yardstick that measured out so many miles of cloth, Yardstick that covered me, I wonder do you hop of nights Out to the still hill-cemetery,

And up and down go measuring A clayey grave for me?

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