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I LEARNED THAT HER NAME WAS PROVERB' by DENISE LEVERTOV

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First Line: AND THE SECRET NAMES / OF ALL WE MEET WHO LEAD US DEEPER
Last Line: Where we shall know / what it is to arrive
Subject(s): CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

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