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UNDER A PATCHED SAIL by MARIANNE MOORE

Poet Analysis

First Line: OH, WE'LL DRINK ONCE MORE
Last Line: COME LAD—TO THE DAYS THAT ARE!
Subject(s): CARPE DIEM;
"Oh, we'll drink once more
When the wind's off shore,"
We'll drink from the good old jar,
And then to port,
For the time grows short.
Come lad—to the days that are!



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