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LAST SELF-PORTRAIT, AS REMBRANDT, FOR INSTANCE by ELEANOR WILNER

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First Line: THE THREE BIRDS HAD SAT ON THE TABLE BY THE TALL
Last Line: Pure pain. I blew it out
Subject(s): REMBRANDT HARMENSZ VAN RIIJ (1606-1669);
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