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THE SPEAKING TREE by MURIEL RUKEYSER

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First Line: GREAT ALEXANDER SAILING WAS FROM HIS TRUE COURSE TURNED
Last Line: It calls your name. It tells us what we mean
Subject(s): ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.); IDENTITY; TREES;
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