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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
PROGRESSION, by VIRGINIA WOODS MACKALL
First Line: When I first drew an author's breath
Last Line: I'll know enough then not to sing.
Subject(s): Aging; Writing & Writers; Youth
First Line: When I first drew an author's breath
Last Line: I'll know enough then not to sing.
Subject(s): Aging; Writing & Writers; Youth
When I first drew an author's breath
I sang of Love and Life and Death:
Now that I've tasted time and truth
I toss off little songs of youth.
When I have tasted everything --
I'll know enough then not to sing.
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