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FIRST DEATH IN NOVA SCOTIA by ELIZABETH BISHOP

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First Line: IN THE COLD, COLD PARLOR / MY MOTHER LAID OUT ARTHUR
Last Line: With his eyes shut up so tight / and the roads deep in snow?
Subject(s): DEATH; NOVA SCOTIA; DEAD, THE;
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