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skill…\n\t\t068\tThe winter afternoon darkens…\n\t\t071\tScrubwoman\n\t\t075\tThe peddler who goes from shop to shop…\n\t\t079\tThe elevator man…\n\t\t084\tThe shopgirls…\n\t\t087\tCooped in a library, men and women…\n\t\t092\tShowing a torn sleeve…\n\t\t097\tTwo girls of twelve…\n\t\t105\tI am always surprised to meet…\n\t\t110\tRails in the subway…\n\t\t113\tThis subway station…\n\t\t118\tAmong the heaps…\n\t\t121\tAnd the sky is blue…\n\t\t125\tSuburban River Winter\n\t\t130\tSuburban River Summer\n\t\t135\tTwilight\n\t\t138\tFraser, I think tells of a Roman…\n\t\t143\tThe dogs that walk with me…\n\t\t147\tA Fable\n\t\t155\tOne of my sentinels…\n\t\t159\tI have not even been in the fields…\n\t\t162\tHow grey you are…\n\t\t166\tBlurred sight…\n\t\t171\tYou were young and contemptuous\n\t\t173\tHardened Cloth\n\t\t230\tMeditations on the Fallen Winter Holidays – New Years\n\t\t260\tThe Day of Atonement\n\t\t278\tHannukah\n\t\t310\tThe lamps are burning in the synagogue…\n\t\t327\tSamuel\n\t\t350\tIt was nearly daylight when she gave birth… from Testimony\n\t\t365\tTilda was just a child… from Testimony\n\t\t383\tYears ago a company procured land… from Testimony\n\t\t402\tKaddish\n\t\t449\tAfter Reading Translations of Ancient Texts on Stone and Clay\n\t\t471\tAs I was wandering with my unhappy thoughts…\n\t\t480\tThe young fellow walks about…\n\t\t488\tA well-pitched eulogy…\n\t\t497\tOn a Sunday…\n\t\t507\tReading from Testimony\n\t\t537\tReading from Testimony\n\t\t562\tMalicious women greet you…\n\t\t580\tHe had with him a bag…\n\t\t596\tOn a seat in the subway…\n\t\t610\tPermit me to warn you…\n\t\t616\tThese days, the papers in the streets…\n\t\t654\tBecause I saw the desolation of Zion… from the Book of Ezra"],"Note":["[{\"note\":\"Detailed information about the reading and transcription: 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