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MCMXIV [1914] by PHILIP LARKIN

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First Line: THOSE LONG UNEVEN LINES
Last Line: The thousands of marriages / lasting a little while longer: / never such innocence again
Subject(s): WORLD WAR I; FIRST WORLD WAR;

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