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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
NORTH AMERICAN IMAGE CYCLE, SELECTION, by JAMES HARRISON Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: I felt myself floating toward the shadow of the dreamer I once
Last Line: In our dreams. There were poems before books on earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians
First Line: I felt myself floating toward the shadow of the dreamer I once
Last Line: In our dreams. There were poems before books on earth.
Alternate Author Name(s): Harrison, Jim
Subject(s): Anger; Italy; Wishes; Italians
I felt myself floating toward the shadow of the dreamer I once
was. I said that I had become too old to dream and the androgynous
dreamer said let's marry anyway and be unhappy but joyous
in our dreams. There were poems before books on earth.
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