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FOR DAUGHTERS OF MAGDALEN by COUNTEE CULLEN

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First Line: OURS IS THE ANCIENT STORY
Last Line: THAT WOULD NOT TOIL OR SPIN
Subject(s): BIBLE; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
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