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QUEST: THE FIRST TEMPTATION by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN

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First Line: ASHAMED TO BE THE DARLING OF HIS GRIEF
Last Line: AND SHRANK AWAY LIKE AN ILL-TREATED CHILD

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  AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH
  (1989)
 



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