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NUNS PAINTING WATER-LILIES by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: THESE PODS ARE PART OF THE GROWTH OF LIFE WITHIN LIFE
Last Line: Or accessible only in the most furtive fiction
Subject(s): FLOWERS; LILIES;
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