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THE FRIGATE PELICAN by MARIANNE MOORE

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First Line: RAPIDLY CRUISING OR LYING ON THE AIR THERE IS A BIRD
Last Line: weight of the python that crushes to powder
Subject(s): AVIATION & AVIATORS; BIRDS; PELICANS; AIRPLANES; AIR PILOTS;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma05/dulis/poetry/Moore/moore2.html


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