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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
HER WAITING FACE, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: In some strange place
Last Line: Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Faces; Hair
First Line: In some strange place
Last Line: Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair.
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Faces; Hair
IN some strange place
Of long-lost lands he finds her waiting face --
Comes marveling upon it, unaware,
Set moonwise in the midnight of her hair.
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