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LIKE DECORATIONS IN A NIGGER CEMETERY by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: IN THE FAR SOUTH THE SUN OF AUTUM IS PASSING
Last Line: But the wise man avenges by building his city in snow
Subject(s): AFRICAN AMERICANS; CEMETERIES; SOUTHERN STATES; NEGROES; AMERICAN BLACKS; GRAVEYARDS; SOUTH (U.S.);
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