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CHARON by FREDERICK LOUIS MACNEICE

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First Line: THE CONDUCTOR'S HANDS WERE BLACK WITH MONEY
Last Line: IF YOU WANT TO DIE YOU WILL HAVE TO PAY FOR IT
Subject(s): CHARON;

Poem Sources:

POETS FROM THE NORTH OF IRELAND
  ORMSBY, FRANK (ED.)
  (1990)
 
THE BLOODAXE BOOK OF 20TH CENTURY POETRY; FROM BRITAIN AND IRELAND.
  LONGLEY, EDNA (ED.)
  (2000)
 
THE OXFORD BOOK OF ENGLISH VERSE.
  RICKS, CHRISTOPHER (ED.)
  (1999)
 



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