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BALLAD OF JOHN CABLE AND THREE GENTLEMEN by WILLIAM STANLEY MERWIN

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First Line: HE THAT HAD COME THAT MORNING
Last Line: Flags of white water /are his company
Subject(s): SOLITUDE; LONELINESS;
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