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ON LOOKING EAST TO THE SEA WITH A SUNSET BEHIND ME by JOHN CIARDI

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First Line: IN A DETACHMENT COOL AS THE GLINT OF LIGHT
Last Line: To save unsaved. I practice the man in all, / clutching the world from the world to praise it

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