| Pine Needles by Clark Ashton Smith |
O little lances, dipt in grey, And set in order straight and clean, How exquisitely clear and keen Your points against the cobalt day ! Attesting what consummate art Ye fringe the limpid firmament, O little lances, keenly sent To pierce with beauty to the heart.
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