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First Line: Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends
Last Line: Like toads among them.
Subject(s): Hate


Aye, the good man, kind father, best of friends --
These are the words that grow like grass and nettles
Out of dead men, and speckled hatreds hide
Like toads among them.





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