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Epigram On Early America
[in memory of Nugator]
Here---in this (if you will) vast colony
of Europe; this republic---is a quirk:
that our most honored aristocracy
are those who earn their living by hard work.
It has not been so elsewhere (ought to be;
but sloth is a temptation powerfully
put forth). After long labor, still a part
of time exists for poetry and art:
thereby more precious and, for effort, worth
more in this new republic on the earth.
Starward
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