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In This Our World

by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

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Limits

On sand—loose sand and shifting—
On sand—dry sand and drifting—
    The city grows to the west;
Not till its border reaches
The ocean-beaten beaches
      Will it rest.

On hills—steep hills and lonely,
That stop at cloudland only—
    The city climbs to the sky;
Not till the souls who make it
Touch the clear light and take it,
      Will it die.

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