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CHILDBIRTH IN THE SLUMS by GRACE MADELON FRAME

First Line: A NARROW, SQUALID, DISMAL LANE
Last Line: THEN BROODING SILENCE ALL AROUND.
Subject(s): SLUMS; TENEMENTS;
A narrow, squalid, dismal lane,
A cry ... as from a soul in pain,
A puny wail, a crooning sound --
Then brooding silence all around.



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