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ADVICE TO A PROPHET by RICHARD WILBUR

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First Line: WHEN YOU COME, AS YOU SOON MUST, TO THE STREETS OF OUR CITY
Last Line: WHEN THE BRONZE ANNALS OF THE OAK-TREE CLOSE.
Subject(s): ANTINUCLEAR MOVEMENT; CHRISTIANITY; ENVIRONMENT; JUDGMENT DAY; MESSIAH; NUCLEAR WAR; RELIGION; SEA MONSTERS; NUCLEAR FREEZE; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; ECOLOGY; CONSERVATION; END OF THE WORLD; DOOMSDAY; FALL OF MAN; ATOMIC BOMB; HYDROGEN BOMB; THEOLOGY; SE
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