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Poems, Series 3
Emily Dickinson » Poems, Series 3 » XXVII. On the bleakness of my lot

ON the bleakness of my lot
        Bloom I strove to raise.
Late, my acre of a rock
        Yielded grape and maize.

Soil of flint if steadfast tilled
        Will reward the hand;
Seed of palm by Lybian sun
        Fructified in sand.



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William Shakespeare (1564-1616) was born to John Shakespeare and mother Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon. There is no record Mary Arden some time in late April 1564 in Stratford-upon-Avon.


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