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FOR A NOVEL OF HALL CAINE'S by ROBERT BRIDGES (1858-1941)

Poem Explanation

First Line: HE SITS IN A SEA-GREEN GROTTO WITH A BUCKET OF LURID PAINT
Last Line: THINGS AS THEY AIN'T.
Subject(s): CAINE, HALL (1853-1931); KIPLING, RUDYARD (1865-1936);
HE sits in a sea-green grotto with a bucket of lurid
paint,
And draws the Thing as it isn't for the God of
things as they ain't.


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