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AN AFTER SONG by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: SO ART THOU BROKEN IN UPON ME, APOLLO
Last Line: THIS IS STRANGE TO ME, HERE IN THE MODERN TWILIGHT.
Subject(s): APOLLO;
So art thou broken in upon me, Apollo,
Through a splendor of purple garments --
Held by the yellow-haired Clymene
To clothe the white of thy shoulders --
Bare from the day's leaping of horses.
This is strange to me, here in the modern twilight.



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