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MEDITERRANEAN: 5 by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: THE WHEEL IN THE WATER, GREEN, BEHIND MY HEAD
Last Line: Before this war the age must win
Subject(s): SPANISH CIVIL WAR (1936-1939);
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_Wound_and_the_Dream/NMbZYcqbCs8C?q=RUKEYSER+%22AT+THE+END+OF+JULY,+EXILE.+WE+WATCHED+THE+GANGPLANK+GO%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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