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CRUMBS OR THE LOAF by ROBINSON JEFFERS

Poet Analysis

First Line: IF ONE SHOULD TELL THEM WHAT'S CLEARLY SEEN
Last Line: FOR IT SEEMS COMPASSION STICKS LONGER THAN THE OTHER COLORS, IN THIS BLEACHING CLOTH

Poem Sources:

CHIEF MODERN POETS OF BRITAIN AND AMERICA. 5TH EDITION. EDITED BY GERALD DEWITT SANDERS, JOHN HERBERT NELSON, AND M.L. ROSENTHAL.
  SANDERS, GERALD DEWITT (ED.)
  (1970)
 
THE SELECTED POETRY OF ROBINSON JEFFERS.
  JEFFERS, ROBINSON
  (1937)
 



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