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LETTER IN AUTUMN by DONALD HALL

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First Line: THIS FIRST OCTOBER OF YOUR DEATH
Last Line: Rising from the clump behind you / and I the gray oak alongside
Subject(s): DEATH; MARITAL LOVE; MOURNING; DEAD, THE; BEREAVEMENT;
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