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MORE LIGHT! MORE LIGHT!' by ANTHONY HECHT

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First Line: COMPOSED IN THE TOWER BEFORE HIS EXECUTION
Last Line: Ghosts from the ovens, sifting through crisp air / and settled upon his eyes in a black soot
Subject(s): HOLOCAUST, JEWISH (1939-1945); JEWS; SHOAH; JUDAISM;
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