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THE DIPPER by MARY OLIVER

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First Line: ONCE I SAW / IN A QUICK-FALLING, WHITE-VEINED STREAM
Last Line: yet sings of it on land.
Subject(s): BIRDS; NATURE; PLEASURE;
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