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OCTETS: 4 by OSIP EMILYEVICH MANDELSTAM

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First Line: O BUTTERFLY, O MOSLEM WOMAN
Last Line: O SHROUD, UNFURLED LIKE A FLAG. %FOLD YOUR WINGS. I'M AFRAID

Poem Sources:

THE MOSCOW NOTEBOOKS. RICHARD & ELIZABETH MCCANE (TRS.)
  MANDELSTAM, OSIP
  (1991)