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Sadakichi Hartmann

“A grinning obscene gargoyle on the Temple of American Letters. Superman-bum. Half God, half Hooligan; all artist. Anarch, sadist, satyr,” was how the writer Benjamin De Casseres described him; his drinking buddy the

Love By The Sea #2

by Sadakichi Hartmann (1867–1944)

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The waves have lost their silvery note,

White birds of dreams o’er the dim plain start,

Through the mist is gliding a phantom bark––

What made love open its eyes and part!

Where are the sweet names we whispered low,
     Were they carried away by the breeze?
          The vain words which from our lips did flow
              Are they buried forever in dismal seas?
                 And the kisses that rained on your face

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