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MAGNIFICAT by ELEANOR WILNER

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First Line: WHEN HE HAD SUCKLED THERE, HE BEGAN
Last Line: who touches the hills, and they smoke
Subject(s): FOOD & EATING; MURDER; MOURNING; BEREAVEMENT;

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