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Reed dedicated the last song, european son, on the first velvet underground album to schwartz, and wrote an eloquent forward to a reissue of schwartz s first collection of stories and poems, also titled in dreams begin responsibilities. Reed dedicated the last song, european son, on the first velvet underground album to schwartz, and wrote an eloquent forward to a reissue of schwartzs first collection of stories and poems, also titled in dreams begin responsibilities. Complete summary of delmore schwartz s in dreams begin responsibilities. Delmore schwartz author of in dreams begin responsibilities.
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