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BLAKE by LUCILLE CLIFTON

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First Line: SAW THEM GLITTERING IN THE TREES
Last Line: DREAMING ONE POEM
Subject(s): HOPE; SOLITUDE; BLAKE, WILLIAM (1757-1827); OPTIMISM; LONELINESS;

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