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THE RAVEN by NICARCHUS

First Line: THE GLOOM OF DEATH IS ON THE RAVEN'S WING
Last Line: THE RAVEN DIES.
Subject(s): DEATH; SINGING & SINGERS; DEAD, THE; SONGS;
THE gloom of death is on the raven's wing,
The song of death is in the raven's cries:
But when Demophilus begins to sing,
The raven dies.



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