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THE BREATHING by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: AN ABSOLUTE / PATIENCE
Last Line: too quiet to hear
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Poems_of_Denise_Levertov_1960_1967/bpZNBhUw32QC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=levertov+%22An+absolute+/+patience%22&pg=PT78&printsec=frontcover



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