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OXFORD, THIRTY YEARS AFTER by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: THE EMPERORS' HEADS AROUND THE SHELDONIAN
Last Line: OLD ENGLAND'S SKY OF HURRYING GRAY STONES
Subject(s): OXFORD UNIVERSITY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/1986/07/21/oxford-thirty-years-after


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