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First Line: SHE HAD A LITTLE TIME TO THINK
Last Line: Her hand moved into the dense plumes / on his breast to touch/ the utter stranger
Subject(s): BIRDS; LEDA; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; SWANS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Selected_Poems_of_Mona_Van_Duyn/0r1cQVdQ_rkC?q=VAN+DUYN+%22SHE+HAD+A+LITTLE+TIME+TO+THINK%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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