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HOW WE HEARD THE NAME by ALAN DUGAN

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First Line: THE RIVER BROUGHT DOWN
Last Line: All of you ba-bas / will hear of as a god
Subject(s): WAR; ALEXANDER THE GREAT (356-323 B.C.);
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