The Animals

W. S. MerwinW. S. Merwin

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All these years behind windows
With blind crosses sweeping the tablesAnd myself tracking over empty ground
Animals I never sawI with no voiceRemembering names to invent for them
Will any come back will oneSaying yesSaying look carefully yes
We will meet again
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W. S. Merwin
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W. S. Merwin

1927 - Present/AmericanWilliam Stanley Merwin is an American poet. During the 1960s anti-war movement, Merwin's unique craft was thematically characterized by indirect, unpunctuated narration. In the 80s and 90s, Merwin's writing influence derived from his in…

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