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DRAMATIC IDYLS: 2ND SERIES. PROLOGUE by ROBERT BROWNING

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First Line: YOU ARE SICK, THAT'S SURE,' THEY SAY
Last Line: MAN'S SOUL!
Subject(s): SOUL;

"You are sick, that's sure," - they say:
"Sick of what?" - they disagree.
"'Tis the brain," - thinks Doctor A;
"'Tis the heart," - holds Doctor B;
"The liver - my life I'd lay!"
"The lungs!" "The lights!"
Ah me!
So ignorant of man's whole
Of bodily organs plain to see -
So sage and certain, frank and free,
About what's under lock and key -
Man's soul!



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