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DEPARTURE by SYLVIA PLATH

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First Line: THE FIGS ON THE FIG TREE IN THE YARD ARE GREEN;
Last Line: To lick the sea-salt
Subject(s): FAREWELL; GRIEF; PARTING; SORROW; SADNESS;
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