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THE QUAKER GRAVEYARD IN NANTUCKET by ROBERT LOWELL

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First Line: A BRACKISH REACH OF SHOAL OFF MADAKET
Last Line: Our steel, Jonas Messias, in Thy side
Subject(s): SEA; WHALES; OCEAN;
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