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FIRE-LOGS by CARL SANDBURG

Poet Analysis

First Line: NANCY HANKS DREAMS BY THE FIRE
Last Line: TIME NOW FOR A TALL MAN TO COME.
Subject(s): HANKS, NANCY (1783-1818);
NANCY HANKS dreams by the fire;
Dreams, and the logs sputter,
And the yellow tongues climb.
Red lines lick their way in flickers.
Oh, sputter, logs.
Oh, dream, Nancy.
Time now for a beautiful child.
Time now for a tall man to come.




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