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 l64 POEMS.


 * XLII.
 * PROBLEMS.

RING me the sunset in a cup,
 * Reckon the morning's flagons up,
 * And say how many dew;

Tell me how far the morning leaps, Tell me what time the weaver sleeps
 * Who spun the breadths of blue!

Write me how many notes there be In the new robin's ecstasy
 * Among astonished boughs;

How many trips the tortoise makes, How many cups the bee partakes, —
 * The debauchee of dews!