Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse/Electricity

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Zinaida Nikolayevna Gippius2707322Anthology of Modern Slavonic Literature in Prose and Verse — Electricity1919Paul Selver

ZINAÏDA NIKOLAYEVNA HIPPIUS

*ELECTRICITY.

Two threads are closely hafted,
The ends are unconfined.
'Tis "yea" and "nay,"—not grafted,
Not grafted,—but entwined.
Dim is the weft that mates them
Close and inanimate,
But wakening awaits them.
And they the same await,
End unto end is taken,—
Fresh "yea" and "nay" ignite,
And "yea" and "nay" awaken,
Into one moulding shaken,
And from their death comes,—Light.

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This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published before January 1, 1929.


The longest-living author of this work died in 1970, so this work is in the public domain in countries and areas where the copyright term is the author's life plus 53 years or less. This work may be in the public domain in countries and areas with longer native copyright terms that apply the rule of the shorter term to foreign works.

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