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LINES COMPOSED ON THE BODY POLITIC: AN ACCOUNTING by RITA DOVE

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First Line: Less than the charting of each dawn's resolutions
Last Line: to live without scrutiny, beyond constant measure
Subject(s): ELIZABETH I, QUEEN OF ENGLAND (1533-1603;
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