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MIN SCHLEPPNER by WILLIAM CARLOS WILLIAMS

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First Line: GAUNT, MY HOPE, HORSE-WISE
Last Line: SEES!
Subject(s): HOPE;

Gaunt, my hope, horse-wise
He goes with wide, half-glazed eyes
That neither blink, turn aside nor blaze,
Fixed as we plough the cold haze.
Round me the ruinous light
Smothers out sight,
Surges billowing up, parts -- !
To come rolling in again -- starts
The wheel once more, a renewed weight.
But he -- high, slow, heavy of gait
Sees!



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