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Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC and Faber and Faber Ltd.:poems “Homage to Government” and “MCMXIV” from Collected Poemsby Philip Larkin. Copyright © 1988, 1989 by the Estate of Philip Larkin. Rights outside the United States administered by Faber and Faber Ltd. London. Reprinted by permission of Faber and Faber Ltd. and Farrar, Straus and Giroux, LLC.
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Harpercollins Publishers Inc.:poem “Sarajevo” from Facing the River: New Poems byCzeslaw Milosz, translated by the author and Robert Hass. Copyright © 1995 by Czeslaw Milosz Royalties, Inc. Poem “Preparation” from The Collected Poems, 1931-1987by Czeslaw Milosz and translated by Robert Hass. Copyright © 1988 by Czeslaw Milosz Royalties, Inc. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers Inc.
Czeslaw Milosz:poem “From Mythology” by Zbigniew Herbert, from Postwar Polish Poetrytranslated by Czeslaw Milosz. English translation copyright © 1965 by Czeslaw Milosz. Reprinted by permission of Czeslaw Milosz.
Random House,Inc.:poem “Shield of Achilles” from W. H. Auden: Collected Poemsby W. H. Auden. Copyright © 1965 by W.H. Auden. Reprinted by permission of Random House, Inc.
Viking Penguin:Excerpts from The Iliadby Homer, translated by Robert Fagles. Copyright © 1990 by Robert Fagles. Reproduced by permission of Viking Penguin, a division of Penguin Putnam Inc.