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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE EARTH, by HENRY DAVID THOREAU Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Which seems so barren once gave birth
Last Line: Who plowed her seas and reaped her grains
Subject(s): Earth; Heroism; World; Heroes; Heroines
First Line: Which seems so barren once gave birth
Last Line: Who plowed her seas and reaped her grains
Subject(s): Earth; Heroism; World; Heroes; Heroines
Which seems so barren once gave birth
To heroes -- who oerran her plains,
Who plowed her seas and reaped her grains
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