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WATER NIGHT by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: THE SKY BEHIND THE FARTHEST SHORE
Last Line: To make a lake of dream
Subject(s): SLEEP;

Full Poem Text Available at
http://murielrukeyser.emuenglish.org/writing/water-night/



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