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PRAISE OF FAMOUS MEN: 1. DANIEL DEFOE by HUMBERT WOLFE

First Line: LET US SPEAK OF CRUSOE, WHO, / IN ADVENTURE'S HIGH DAY
Last Line: CONSECRATE THE WEST.
Subject(s): DEFOE, DANIEL (1660-1731);
LET us speak of Crusoe, who,
in adventure's high day,
on the shores of dreams come true
with his faithful Friday

hunts, and tracks the savages,
setting up his rest
in the isle, where magic seas
consecrate the West.



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