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First Line: I fear there is some maddening secret
Last Line: Telling of murder.
Subject(s): Evil; Murder; Secrets


I FEAR there is some maddening secret
Hid in your words, (and at each turn of thought
Comes up a skull,) like an anatomy
Found in a weedy hole, 'mongst stones and roots
And straggling reptiles, with his tongueless mouth
Telling of murder.





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