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THE END by MARK STRAND

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First Line: NOT EVERY MAN [OR, EVERYONE] KNOWS WHAT HE SHALL SING AT THE END
Last Line: When the ship he is on slips into darkness, there at the end
Subject(s): ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/52172/the-end-56d2306e43cbd


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