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FIRE SERMON by WILLIAM EMPSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: EVERYTHING, BHIKKHUS, IS ON FIRE. WHAT EVERYTHING, BHIKKHUS, IS
Last Line: CHANT PRAYERS ABOUT MY BED ALL NIGHT

Poem Sources:

THE COMPLETE POEMS OF WILLIAM EMPSON. EDITED BY JOHN HAFFENDEN.
  EMPSON, WILLIAM
  (2000)
 



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