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THE PLAIN SENSE OF THINGS by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: AFTER THE LEAVES HAVE FALLEN, WE RETURN
Last Line: Had to be imagined as an inevitable knowledge, / Required, as a necessity requires
Subject(s): IMAGINATION; REALITY; FANCY;

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