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NUDE by KENNETH SLADE ALLING

First Line: FROM WHAT MYSTERIOUS SEAS
Last Line: THE LIKENESS OF A GIRL.

From what mysterious seas,
What iridescent shell,
Did diving men release
This rounded miracle.
Those waters are deviceless now;
Reft of that pearl;
And I have what is priceless now,
The likeness of a girl.



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