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HISTORY by ROBERT LOWELL

Poet Analysis

First Line: HISTORY HAS TO LIVE WITH WHAT WAS HERE
Last Line: DRENCHED WITH THE SILVER SALVAGE OF THE MORNFROST

Poem Sources:

CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY. 4TH ED.
  POULIN, A., JR. (ED.)
  (1985)
 
VINTAGE BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  MCCLATCHY, J. D. (ED.)
  (1990)
 
HARVARD BOOK OF CONTEMPORARY AMERICAN POETRY.
  VENDLER, HELEN (ED.)
  (1985)
 
THE PENGUIN BOOK OF THE SONNET; 500 YEARS OF CLASSIC TRADITION IN ENGLISH.
  LEVIN, PHILLIS (ED.)
  (2001)
 
SELECTED POEMS.
  LOWELL, ROBERT
  (1977)
 



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