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ELEGY by JOHN HALL WHEELOCK

First Line: THE GNU UP AT THE ZOO
Last Line: NOT CLOSE THEIR EYES BY NIGHT OR DAY - %NO, NOT EVEN IN DEATH
Subject(s): ANIMALS; APES; DEATH - ANIMALS; GNUS; ZOOS;

Poem Sources:

THE NEW YORKER BOOK OF POEMS; SELECTED BY THE EDITORS OF THE NEW YORKER.
  (1969)
 



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