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 \nAnd does the passionate manmost nearly know it when no passion can?Is this the old man's triumph,to pursueimpossibility —and take it too?  \n\u003C  \n“THE WILD OLD WICKED MAN”&OTHER POEMS  \n.  \nAlso by Archibald MacLeish  \n# Poems\n\nCollected Poems,1917-1952  \nSongs for Eve  \nPlays in Verse  \nPanic  \nThe Fall of the CityAir Raid  \nThe Trojan Horse  \nThis Music Crept by Me upon the Waters  \nJ.B.Herakles  \n# Prose\n\nThe IrresponsiblesThe American CauseA Time to SpeakA Time to Act  \nAmerican Opinion and the WarPoetry and Opinion  \nFreedom Is the Right to ChoosePoetry and ExperienceThe Eleanor Roosevelt StoryA Continuing Journey","cbCaiihIofWmLbKB","https://ap.wps.com/l/cbCaiihIofWmLbKB","pdf",2425170,72,"English","# Poems\n## Collected Poems, 1917-1952\n## Songs for Eve\n## Plays in Verse\n## Panic\n## The Fall of the City\n## Air Raid\n## The Trojan Horse\n## This Music Crept by Me upon the Waters\n## J.B. 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