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HANNIBAL by ROBERT FROST

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First Line: WAS THERE EVER A CAUSE TOO LOST
Last Line: For the generous tears of youth and song?
Subject(s): HANNIBAL (247-183 B.C.);
Was there ever a cause too lost,
Ever a cause that was lost too long,
Or that showed with the lapse of time too vain
For the generous tears of youth and song?




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