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THE RANGE IN THE DESERT by RANDALL JARRELL

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First Line: WHERE THE LIZARD RAN TO ITS LITTLE PREY
Last Line: The shattered membranes of the fly
Subject(s): WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;

Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Virginia_Quarterly_Review_1947/K0Jh9rAyDAcC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=jarrell+%22Where+the+lizard+ran+to+its+little+prey%22&pg=PA231&printsec=frontcover



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