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BOWL by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: FOR WHAT EMPEROR
Last Line: I never tie / to think of this
Subject(s): BOWLS;
For what emperor
Was this bowl of Earth designed?
Here are more things
Than on any bowl of the Sungs,
Even the rarest -
Vines that take
The various obscurities of the moon.
Approaching rain
And leaves that would be loose upon the wind.
Pears on pointed trees.
The dresses of women.
Oxen . ...
I never tire
To think of this.



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