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Name: Sword Blades and Poppy Seed - 58
Author: Amy Lowell

The darkened buildings echoed to his feet
Clap-clapping on the pavement as he ran.
Across moon-misted squares clamoured his fleet
And terror-winged steps. His heart began
To labour at the speed. And still no sign,
No flutter of a leaf against the sky.
And this should be the garden wall, and round
The corner, the old gate. No even line
Was this! No wall! And then a fearful cry
Shattered the stillness. Two stiff houses filled the ground.

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Chicago: Amy Lowell, "58," Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, ed. Callaway, Morgan, Jr., 1962- in Sword Blades and Poppy Seed (New York: George E. Wood, 1850), Original Sources, accessed July 13, 2025, http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXISSIR7QE748VM.

MLA: Lowell, Amy. "58." Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, edited by Callaway, Morgan, Jr., 1962-, in Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, New York, George E. Wood, 1850, Original Sources. 13 Jul. 2025. http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXISSIR7QE748VM.

Harvard: Lowell, A, '58' in Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, ed. . cited in 1850, Sword Blades and Poppy Seed, George E. Wood, New York. Original Sources, retrieved 13 July 2025, from http://www.originalsources.com/Document.aspx?DocID=GXISSIR7QE748VM.