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Summer 1962 • Vol. XXIV No. 3 • Poetry |

Master’s in the Garden Again

to the memory of Thomas Hardy

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Evening comes early, and soon discovers
Exchange between these conjugate lovers.
  
“Conrad! dear man, surprise! aren’t you bold
To be sitting so late in your sodden garden?”

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