Poem by Aline Murray Kilmer

Knowledge

SOME learn it in their youth,
Some after bitter years:
There is no escape from the truth
Though we drown in our tears.

Many die when they see
That the terrible thing is true.
But it has been easy for me:
I always knew.

1. Shards
2. For All Ladies of Shalott
3. Vigils
4. Ambition
5. Prevision

Ella Wilcox Knowledge ("Would you believe in Presences Unseen")

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