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THE BEACON by RICHARD WILBUR

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First Line: FOUNDED ON ROCK AND FACING THE NIGHT-FOULED SEA
Last Line: ASSEMBLES ALL THE SEA
Subject(s): CHRISTIANITY; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

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