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From The Book of The Dead Poem
From The Book of The Dead Poem
From The Book of The Dead Poem
BY MURIEL RUKEYSER
shining halations;
they conquered, throwing off impossible Europe—
breathed-in America.
body of sunset;
frontier of Europe,
Ridge of discovery,
parent defenses.
fountain of life,
sums of frontiers
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to our diseases;
lines of defense.
Defense is sight; widen the lens and see
detail of sunset,