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FORMAL ELEGY by JOHN BERRYMAN

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First Line: A HURDLE OF WATER, AND O THESE WATERS ARE COLD
Last Line: LET US CONTINUE
Subject(s): KENNEDY, JOHN FITZGERALD (1917-1963);
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