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First Line: To you, my dear, I never write
Last Line: By rule of thumb.
Subject(s): Writing & Writers


To you, my dear, I never write
Such lines as others can incite.
I know not why, unless it be
You are so deeply part of me
I'd sooner bring to casual light
My heart-beat's pendulum.
As easily, I think I might
Reroute the swallow's homeward flight
Or pen new words to the thrush's song,
Deny these hours of parting long
Or prove reunion sweet delight
By rule of thumb.





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