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ON FALLING ASLEEP BY FIRELIGHT by WILLIAM MEREDITH

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: AROUND THE FIREPLACE, POINTING AT THE FIRE
Last Line: Turns softly on the hearth into that dust / isaiah said would be the serpent's meat
Subject(s): BIBLE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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