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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE LAME, by DAVID BOTTOMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Dragging the foot to the water's edge
Last Line: All the whole and newly healed leave the river lame.
Subject(s): Bible; Healing; Human Abnormalities; Cures; Deformities
First Line: Dragging the foot to the water's edge
Last Line: All the whole and newly healed leave the river lame.
Subject(s): Bible; Healing; Human Abnormalities; Cures; Deformities
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