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Transcription:
In thews of grinding ice
Fast in its death cold
seams,
Of warmth and sunny skies,
The Artic castaway dreams.
– – – – –
No instant's flash &
gleam,
No brief reprieve from
pain,
Or lapse in [dovey?] dream,
For [?] those whom Love
Oct 18 - 1884.
