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THINKING ABOUT SHELLEY by GERALD STERN

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First Line: ARM OVER ARM I SWAM OUT INTO THE RAIN
Last Line: I dragged my body up and alive, / to the small landing under the flowering highway, / full of silenc
Subject(s): SWIMMING & SWIMMERS; POETRY & POETS; SHELLEY, PERCY BYSSHE (1792-1822);
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