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THE STAND-TO by CECIL DAY LEWIS

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First Line: AUTUMN MET ME TODAY AS I WALKED OVER CASTLE HILL
Last Line: THE APPLES DRAWN TOO EARLY AND SHATTERS THE SUTYUMN ROSE
Subject(s): SOLDIERS; WORLD WAR II; SECOND WORLD WAR;
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