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Subject: LONG ISLAND SOUND
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UPDATE command denied to user 'poetryex_users'@'localhost' for table `poetryex_poems`.`subcnt` LETTER WRITTEN ON A FERRY WHILE CROSSING LONG ISLAND SOUND, by ANNE SEXTON    Poem Full Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am surprised to see / that the ocean is still going on
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; God; Long Island Sound; Nuns; Religion; Theology


LETTER WRITTEN ON A FERRY WHILE CROSSING LONG ISLAND SOUND, by ANNE SEXTON    Poem Source         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I am surprised to see %that the ocean is still going on
Last Line: They call back to us %from the gauzy edge of paradise, %good news, good news
Subject(s): Ferry Boats; God; Long Island Sound; Nuns; Religion


LONG ISLAND SOUND, by EMMA LAZARUS    Poem Text         Poet Analysis             Poet's Biography
First Line: I see it as it looked one afternoon
Last Line: All these fair sounds and sights I made my own.
Subject(s): Americans; Long Island Sound; United States; America


MEETING, by WILLIAM HEYEN    Poem Source                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Long island sound, crane's neck
Last Line: I touched my blood to the oarlock %in regret, & the shark descended
Subject(s): Long Island Sound