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THE WAKING by THEODORE ROETHKE

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First Line: I WAKE TO SLEEP, AND TAKE MY WAKING SLOW
Subject(s): MEN; NIGHT; RELIGION; SLEEP; WAKING; BEDTIME; THEOLOGY;

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