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I knew the poor, I knew the hideous death they die, when famine lays its bleak hand on the door; I knew the rich, sated with merriment, who yet are sad.

Hilda Doolittle
Life, Knowledge, Doors
Hilda Doolittle (1988). “Selected Poems”, p.120, New Directions Publishing
I knew the poor, I knew the hideous death they die, when famine lays its bleak hand on the door; I knew the rich, sated with merriment, who yet are sad.