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TO WILLIAM COBBETT: IN ABSENTIA by GEOFFREY HILL

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First Line: I SAY IT IS NOT FAITHLESS
Last Line: Awed by its own predation
Subject(s): GREAT BRITAIN - HISTORY; ENGLISH HISTORY;
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