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QUATRAIN by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: GO NOT, YOUNG CLOUD, TOO BOLDLY THROUGH THE SKY
Last Line: FOR EASTWARD LIES THE NIGHT.
Subject(s): TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;
Go not, young cloud, too boldly through the sky,
To meet the morning light;
Go not too boldly through that dome on high --
For eastward lies the night.


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