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ORDINARY WOMEN by WALLACE STEVENS

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First Line: THEN FROM THEIR POVERTY THEY ROSE
Last Line: THEN FROM THEIR POVERTY THEY ROSE, %FROM DRY GUITARS, AND TO CATARRHS %THEY FLITTED %THROUGH THE PAL

Poem Sources:

PALM AT THE END OF THE MIND; SELECTED POEMS AND A PLAY. HOLLY STEVENS (ED.)
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POEMS OF WALLACE STEVENS.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1990)
 
COLLECTED POETRY AND PROSE. EDITED BY FRANK KERMODE AND JOAN RICHARDSON.
  STEVENS, WALLACE
  (1997)
 



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