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SOCIETY by EZRA POUND

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First Line: THE FAMILY POSITION WAS WANING
Last Line: NOW BEARS THE PALSIED CONTACT OF PHIDIPPUS.

The family position was waning,
And on this account the little Aurelia,
Who had laughed on eighteen summers,
Now bears the palsied contact of Phidippus.



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