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TO LIVE IN THE MERCY OF GOD by DENISE LEVERTOV

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: TO LIE BACK UNDER THE TALLEST
Last Line: God's love for the world. Vast / flood of mercy / flung on resistance
Subject(s): GOD;

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