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FOR SIDNEY BECHET by PHILIP LARKIN

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First Line: THAT NOTE YOU HOLD, NARROWING AND RISING, SHAKES
Last Line: And greeted as the natural noise of good, / scattering long-haired grief and scored pity
Subject(s): BECHET, SIDNEY JOSEPH (1897-1959); JAZZ; MUSIC & MUSICIANS;
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