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THE HOMECOMING OF EMMA LAZARUS by GALWAY KINNELL

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First Line: HAVING NO FATHER ANYMORE, HAVING GOT UP
Last Line: IT FADES, AND THE WOUNDS OF ALL WE HAD ACCEPTED OPEN.
Subject(s): LAZARUS, EMMA (1849-1887);

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