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SYMPOSIUM by PAUL MULDOON

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First Line: YOU CAN BRING A HORSE TO WATER BUT YOU CAN'T MAKE IT HOLD
Last Line: Who's shot his bolt. There's no smoke after the horse is gone
Subject(s): LANGUAGE; WORDS; VOCABULARY;
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