Date:         Wed, 3 Jun 1998 08:28:51 -0500
From: Phanny <corbett@AXA.SLU.EDU>
Subject:       SUB: CONTEST: A name on my window

A name on my window
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In diamond traced copper plate script
some careful man's hand has etched
_Florence Bartlebury 1824_
high on a window overlooking the hill.
Each letter is perfectly formed, joined
to the next.  This careful workmanship
passed some quiet afternoon hour
limning in scratch-frosting on the glass
a name that said a woman, live and warm.
When I look at the hill I see her name
graphed on the edge of vision.  Caught
in the hook of the y is a fragment of the
yellow cloth last used to polish the pane.