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TO WILLIAM LAW: IN ABSENTIA by GEOFFREY HILL

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First Line: TO FALL ASLEEP IN THE FLESH
Last Line: LIGHT TO THE UNMOVED MIRACULOUS / POOL OF SILOAM
Subject(s): GREAT BRITAIN – HISTORY; RELIGION; LAW, WILLIAM (1686-1761); ENGLISH HISTORY;

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