[{"node":{"title":"Greacen034","Collections":"Unpublished Poems","Contributor":"Greacen Estate","Coverage":"19 Jan","Creator":"Linen Hall Library","Date":"Wednesday, March 16, 2016","Format":"TIFF","Identifier":"Greacen034","Item Description":"Manuscript","Keywords":"Preface for a poetry collection","Language":"English","Path":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/content/greacen034","Publisher":"Linen Hall Library","Relation":"Linen Hall Library","Rights":"Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike CC BY-NC-SA","Scanned image":{"src":"https://www.niliteraryarchive.com/sites/default/files/Greacen034_0.jpg","alt":""},"Source":"LHL Archive","Transcript":"\ufeffPreface for a Poetry Collection\n\nThe arrow, shot by practised hand\nThat many times the selfsame route has chosen\nFlies winged to that point exact\nThe hand decreed. Yet further flies\nTowards unknown infinity, a blue-grey blur\nThat in the mind's unmapped.\n\nEach poem is an arrow, too,\nShaped for its definite flight\nYet hiding a most secret destination\nEven its own maker cannot know.\nSpeed then each poem to that knowd point\nMy little cunning can command -\nAnd onwards where you will!\n","Type":"Text"}}]