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THE FARMER'S WIFE by ANNE SEXTON

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First Line: FROM THE HODGE PORRIDGE
Last Line: better, my lover, dead
Subject(s): DESPAIR; FARM LIFE; MARRIAGE; AGRICULTURE; FARMERS; WEDDINGS; HUSBANDS; WIVES;

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