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AMERICAN SONNET by BILLY COLLINS

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First Line: WE DO NOT SPEAK LIKE PETRARCH OR WEAR A HAT LIKE SPENSER
Last Line: and a compression of what we feel
Subject(s): POETRY & POETS;
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