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GLASS OF WATER by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: THAT THE GLASS WOULD MELT IN HEAT
Last Line: ONE WOULD HAVE STILL TO DISCOVER. AMONG THE DOGS %AND DUNG, %ONE WOULD CONTINUE TO CONTEND WITH ONE'

Poem Sources:

MODERN POETRY; AMERICAN AND BRITISH.
  FRIAR, KIMON, & BRINNIN, JOHN MALCOLM (EDS.)
  (1951)
 
PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND; SELECTED POEMS AND A PLAY. HOLLY STEVENS (ED.)
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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