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ON THE EVE OF THE WARSAW UPRISING by ALAN SHAPIRO

First Line: MY UNCLE SAID, 'THIS IS ELIJAH'S WINE.'
Last Line: THE SHIMMER IN THE WINE HE LOOKED UPON

Poem Sources:

TELLING AND REMEMBERING; A CENTURY OF AMERICAN JEWISH POETRY.
  RUBIN, STEVEN J. (ED.)
  (1997)
 



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