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WAKING FROM SLEEP by ROBERT BLY

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: INSIDE THE VEINS THERE ARE NAVIES SETTING FORTH
Last Line: Our whole body is like a harbor at dawn, / we now that our master has left us for the day
Subject(s): MORNING; WAKING;

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