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A COMPENSATION by NORMAN ROWLAND GALE

First Line: HOWEVER FIERCELY FORTUNE STRUCK
Last Line: HE DID NOT MURDER CAIN.
Subject(s): BIBLE - OLD TESTAMENT; LUCK;

HOWEVER fiercely Fortune struck
At Abel on the Syrian plain,
He had one starry piece of luck—
He did not murder Cain.



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