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TWO RIDDLES FROM ALDHELM by RICHARD WILBUR

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First Line: ONCE I WAS WATER, FULL OF SCALY FISH
Last Line: WHAT'S MY NAME?
Subject(s): RELIGION; RIDDLES; THEOLOGY;
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