"&": Richard Wilbur (1921- )
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x / | / x / | x / |x x / x A slopeshouldered shape from scurrying burdens ^/ |x x / | x x / |x / Backward and forth, or perhaps a lyre x x / | / / | x /| x x /|x x / Or a clef wrung wry in tuning untunable tones,x x / | x / | x x / | x / Or a knot for tugging an out-of-hand ^/ | x x / | x x /|x x / x Vine to the trellis in clerical gardens: ^/ | x x / |^/ |x / Sweetness & light, ice & fire, ^/|x x / | x x /| x x / | x / Nature & art have dissocketed all your bones, ^/ | x / / | x / | x / Porter, poor pander ampersand.