Classic and Contemporary Poetry

AWAKENING by ROBERT BLY

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First Line: WE ARE APPROACHING SLEEP: THE CHESNUT BLOSSOMS IN THE MIND
Last Line: Cries, half-muffled, from beneath the earth, the living awakened at last like the dead

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