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to matter, for the flushed boys are muscular
XVI. Laying a Ghost: The Jeannette and the Fram
Silence. Your way of being. Your way of seeing
Bronze the sky, with no
snoozing. A schoolgirl on vacation gapes,
and the Splendid Splinter. For a few dreamy dollars,
Hoarfrost is in his bones and on his head,
Seen. What you know is only manifest
XII. The Mystery of the Missing Ships: The Franklin Search
Two of us, Docteur and Madame Machin, who stand
Where, as I discover as I go through
For any part of them we can make out
Will sound, then the Lord's face will luminesce
Thinking of your abiding spirit brings
Yes. The obvious
When Arctic winds crack down from Canada
That only you and I can know. Les deux
Down the long course of the gray slush of things
The high whites spread over the buried earth.