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THE WORMS AT HEAVEN'S GATE by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: OUT OF THE TOMB, WE BRING BADROULBADOUR
Last Line: OUT OF THE TOMB WE BRING BADROULBADOUR.
Subject(s): CEMETERIES; GRAVEYARDS;

Out of the tomb, we bring Badroulbadour,
Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour
Within our bellies, we her chariot,
Within our bellies -- we her chariot.
Here is an eye. And here are, one by one,
Here is an eye; and here are, one by one,
The lashes of that eye and its white lid.
The lashes of that eye and its white lid.
Here is the cheek on which that lid declined,

And, finger after finger, here, the hand,
Here is the cheek on which that lid declined,
The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips,
And, finger after finger, here the hand,
The bundle of the body and the feet.
The genius of that cheek. Here are the lips,
.......
The bundle of the body, and the feet.
Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour.
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Out of the tomb we bring Badroulbadour.



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