Richard Wilbur: Poems Glossary

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haggard

to look exhausted and worn out

castrate

neuter testicles of a man

dwindles

to diminish

ebullient

cheerful

empery

a wide domain or empire

sanctuaries

a safe place

verge

on the edge of

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