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SALOME by JAMES INGRAM MERRILL

Poem Explanation Poet Analysis

First Line: NO WONDER, SHAGGY SAINT, BREAST-DEEP IN JORDAN'S
Last Line: BACK INTO EARTH, THE EASIER SCHOOL

Poem Sources:

FROM THE FIRST NINE; POEMS, 1946-1976.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1982)
 
SELECTED POEMS, 1946 - 1985.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (1993)
 
COLLECTED POEMS. EDITED BY J.D. MCCLATCHY AND STEPHEN YENSER.
  MERRILL, JAMES INGRAM
  (2001)
 



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