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SEASIDE.
Go wear your tortured smile; speak and say nought;
Be laughed at by your diamonds—I prefer
My light, loose garb—freedom of face and thought,
And this uncompromising thunderer.

What do I where you mince and compliment,
And meet to hide the better, and deny
The deeper life within you?—I was sent
To live at least in simple verity.