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CONQUEST by WINIFRED LUCAS

First Line: OH CONQUEROR, WHAT IS LEFT TO WIN?
Last Line: "OUR EARTHLY HEAVENS ARE—JUST OUTSIDE."
Subject(s): EARTH; HEAVEN; WORLD; PARADISE;

"OH Conqueror, what is left to win?
The gates of this thy heaven are wide."—
"Our heavens are—not to dwell therein:
Our earthly heavens are—just outside."



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