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THE OLD AGE OF NOSTALGIA by MARK STRAND

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First Line: THOSE HOURS GIVEN OVER TO BASKING IN THE GLOW OF AN IMAGINED
Last Line: like flireflies in the perfumed heat of summer night
Subject(s): NOSTALGIA;

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