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HIS SHIELD by MARIANNE MOORE

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First Line: THE PIN-SWIM OR SPINE-SWINE
Last Line: Don't be envied or / armed with a measuring-rod
Subject(s): HEDGEHOGS;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.google.com/books/edition/Complete_Poems/GfHkBy5MB6EC?q=marianne+moore&gbpv=1


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