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UP AND DOWN: 2. THE EMERALD by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

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First Line: HEARING THAT ON SUNDAY I WOULD LEAVE
Last Line: The world beneath the world is brightening
Subject(s): GAYS & LESBIANS; HOMOEROTICISM; LESBIANS; GAY WOMEN; GAY MEN;
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https://www.google.com/books/edition/James_Merrill/40kpoIwL4bMC?hl=en&gbpv=1&dq=merrill+%22Hearing+that+on+sunday+I+would+leave%22&pg=PA130&printsec=frontcover


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