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VALENTINE IN CRAYONS by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

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First Line: AS THE MASQUE WENT ON SEHNSUCHT WAS SEEN TO CHANGE
Last Line: THE MOON FACE PATTED RIGID AS IT DRIES

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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