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'''Keith Douglas''' (1920-1944) was a [[poet]] and soldier who died during [[World War II]].
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A place where nobody dared to go
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The love that we came to know
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They call it Xanadu
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Douglas began to publish his verse in periodicals in the 1930s, while he was still studying at [[Oxford]]; however, the only volume to be published in his lifetime was 'Selected Poems' (1943). He was killed in [[Normandy]], by [[friendly fire]]. His reputation rests mainly on his war poetry.
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And now
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Open your eyes and see
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What we have made is real
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We are in Xanadu
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==Selected Bibliography==
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A million lights are dancing
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*Selected Poems
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And there you are
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*Complete Works of Keith Douglas
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A shooting star
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*Alamein to Zem Zem (autobiographical story of service in North Africa)
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
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{{DEFAULTSORT: Douglas, Keith}}
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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[[category:poets]]
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Xanadu, your neon lights will shine
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For you, Xanadu
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The love
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The echoes of long ago
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You needed the world to know
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They are in Xanadu
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The dream
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That came through a million years
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That lived on through all the tears
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It came to Xanadu
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A million lights are dancing
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And there you are
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A shooting star
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An everlasting world
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And you're here with me
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Eternally
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Xanadu, Xanadu,
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(now we are here)
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In Xanadu
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Now that I'm here
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Now that you're near in Xanadu
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Xanadu...
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