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1868–1954

ON READING SOME IMAGIST VERSES.

Amy Redpath Roddick

Sensuous cadences Poignant with feeling, Writhing like snakes Before feeding,

Coiling, uncoiling, In magical curves. Words most expressive, Which sound like their meaning,

Throwing pictures before us, In beauty revealing Form, movement and feeling; Words chosen with care

And yet some may ask, Leading where? Leading where?

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