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QUEST: THE PREPARATIONS by WYSTAN HUGH AUDEN

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First Line: ALL HAD BEEN ORDERED WEEKS BEFORE THE START
Last Line: A RIFLE TO A MELANCHOLIC BORE

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  AUDEN, WYSTAN HUGH
  (1989)
 



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