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OWL MINERVA by DONALD DAVIE

First Line: THE MUSE THAT MAKES PRETENSIONS TO DISCOURSE
Last Line: AND ONLY SPEECH ASPIRES TO MUSIC'S STATE. %THE OWL MINERVA WAS NO SINGING BIRD

Poem Sources:

COLLECTED POEMS.
  DAVIE, DONALD
  (1991)
 



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