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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
ASCETIC'S SOLILOQUY, by JOSEPHINE JACOBSEN Poet's Biography
First Line: How carnal the whole thing seems to the finer grain
Last Line: The marrow cry “soon, soon” to the cooling bones
Subject(s): Self-denial
First Line: How carnal the whole thing seems to the finer grain
Last Line: The marrow cry “soon, soon” to the cooling bones
Subject(s): Self-denial
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