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THE WINE by SARA TEASDALE

Poet Analysis

First Line: I CANNOT DIE, WHO DRANK DELIGHT
Last Line: OF IMMORTALITY?
Subject(s): IMMORTALITY;
I cannot die, who drank delight
From the cup of the crescent moon,
And hungrily as men eat bread,
Loved the scented nights of June.

The rest may die -- but is there not
Some shining strange escape for me
Who sought in Beauty the bright wine
Of immortality?



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