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APOLOGIES TO HARVARD; THE PHI BETA KAPPA POEM, 1973 by JOHN UPDIKE

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First Line: FAIR, SQUARE HARVARD, CRIB OF THE PILGRIM MIND
Last Line: Seniors, come forth, we crave yoiur wrath and pity
Subject(s): HARVARD UNIVERSITY;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Poems_of_John_Updike_1953_1993/eP0VMSOXLf8C?q=JOHN+UPDIKE+%22FAIR,+SQUARE+HARVARD,+CRIB+OF+THE+PILGRIM+MIND%22&gbpv=1#f=false


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