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Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish
Archibald MacLeish was born in Glencoe, Illinois, on May 7, 1892....
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Charity

 
by Archibald MacLeish

Since my Beloved chambered me
   To beat within her breast,
And took my soul to light a shrine
   Her soul had decked and dressed,
And caught my songs about her throat,—
   Dissected, known, confessed,
I dwell within her charity
   A half-unwelcome guest.






From Tower of Ivory (Yale University Press, 1917)
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