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AN EASTERN BALLAD by ALLEN GINSBERG

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First Line: I SPEAK OF LOVE THAT COMES TO MIND:
Last Line: I wake to see the world go wild.
Subject(s): LOVE;
I speak of love that comes to mind:
The moon is faithful, although blind;
She moves in thought she cannot speak.
Perfect care has made her bleak.
I never dreamed the sea so deep,
The earth so dark; so long my sleep,
I have become another child.
I wake to see the world go wild.





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