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MERCIAN HYMNS: 8 by GEOFFREY HILL

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First Line: THE MAD ARE PREDATORS. TOO OFTEN LATELY THEY HARBOUR
Subject(s): ENGLAND; OFFA (D. 796), KING OF MERCIA; ENGLISH;
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