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THE RETURN: AN ELEGY by ROBERT PENN WARREN

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First Line: THE EAST WIND FINDS THE GAP BRINGING RAIN
Last Line: The dark and swollen orchid of this sorrow
Subject(s): GRIEF; DEATH; PINE TREES; NATURE; SORROW; SADNESS; DEAD, THE;
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