FROM THE POETRY SHELF1920

The Coin

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Into my heart's treasury I slipped a coin That time cannot take Nor a thief purloin,— Oh better than the minting Of a gold-crowned king Is the safe-kept memory Of a lovely thing.
Flame and Shadow (1920) · Project Gutenberg ↗

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