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CHRISTMAS IS COMING by ANTHONY HECHT

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First Line: DARKNESS IS FOR THE POOR, AND THOROUGH COLD
Last Line: IF YOU HAVEN'T GOT A HA'PENNY, GOD BLESS YOU
Subject(s): CHRISTMAS; NATIVITY, THE;

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https://www.google.com/books/edition/Collected_Earlier_Poems_of_Anthony_Hecht/cMcXRdjN4NgC?q=HECHT+%22Darkness+is+for+the+poor,+and+thorough+cold%22&gbpv=1#f=false



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