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We pattern our Heaven

We pattern our Heaven On bright butterflies

Author: John Updike
Tune: LITTLE VENICE
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Author: John Updike

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First Line: We pattern our Heaven On bright butterflies
Title: We pattern our Heaven
Author: John Updike
Meter: 5.5.5.5 D
Language: English
Copyright: © 1960 by John Updike. Reprinted from "Telephone Polls and Other Poems" by John Updike, by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, Inc.

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