"I Love the Life I Live." A sumptuous feast, "Across the Borderline" balances the stark guitar-and-voice ardor of "Who'll Buy My Memories?" (1991); both bespeak a master's revival.

"The same hand that led me through scenes most severe/Has calmly assisted me home," Bob Dylan sings on "Lone Pilgrim," one of the traditional folk marvels that make "World Gone Wrong" a fitting follow-up to last year's "Good As I Been to You" and another remarkably strong showing. That guiding hand could signify the American muse that has motivated all his work: By returning to Blind Willie McTell, "Stack a Lee" and such obscure outfits as the Mississippi Sheiks, Dylan reclaims the origins of his own poetry. And it's lovely that in