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POET ON THE ISLAND; TO THEODORE ROETHKE, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: On a wet night, laden with books for luggage
Last Line: Doctors were called, and he agreed to sail
Subject(s): Roethke, Theodore (1908-1963)




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