Edwin Arlington

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    Your Dollar is your only Word,
    The wrath of it your only fear.

    “You build it altars tall enough
    To make you see, but your are blind;
    You cannot leave it long enough
    To look before you or behind.
    Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)

    A good soul like a good body should be as unobtrusive as possible; in so far as it functions properly, it should not be noticed for good or for ill.
    —C.E.M. (Cyril Edwin Mitchinson)

    And though I know the fellow, I have spent
    Long time a-wondering when I shall be
    As happy as Cliff Klingenhagen is.
    —Edwin Arlington Robinson (1869–1935)