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ELEGY, FOR ALUN LEWIS by JOHN BERRYMAN

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First Line: LITTLE ATTENTION WE PAID TO EACH OTHER ALIVE
Last Line: Clouding - dismissed with horror and courage
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
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