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MIDNIGHT OIL by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: CUT IF YOU WILL, WITH SLEEP'S DULL KNIFE
Last Line: HE'LL TAKE FROM OFF THE OTHER END!

Cut if you will, with Sleep's dull knife,
Each day to half it's length, my friend, --
The years that Time tales off @3my@1 life,
He'll take from off the other end!



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