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ELEGY FOR A BAD POET, TAKEN FROM US NOT LONG SINCE by JOHN FREDERICK NIMS

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First Line: ABOUT THE DEAD, NO MURMUR OF DISPRAISE
Last Line: “WHO, YOU?” TO PRAISE THE LORD, HIS GRACIOUS WAYS
Subject(s): HATE;
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