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EPIGRAMME by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: HAST EVER SEEN MAN
Last Line: I TURN UP THIS NUGGET.
Subject(s): CALIFORNIA – GOLD DISCOVERIES;

Hast ever seen man
Dig gold in a manure heap?
Then open two eyes
For digging among these,
Our fellow townsmen,
I turn up this nugget.



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