I Can Not I Dare Not Poem by James McLain

I can not, I dare not, being contrary to close the two;
The attraction is so mutable and distant is one stain.
Expectations nor for reason can they consummate,
and us to them but known and far planed our colonies.
While a print of dew upon the grass, will green dare taste,
diligence due restraint, considerations, and not the fool.
Reasonably free and with thought, speech our stations be,
and need will dare, to have some care, as I can not an oath.










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