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MEETING THE BRITISH by PAUL MULDOON

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First Line: WE MET THE BRITISH IN THE DEAD OF WINTER
Last Line: and two blankets embroidered with smallpox
Subject(s): FRENCH & INDIAN WARS; SMALL POX;
Full Poem Text Available at
https://www.theguardian.com/books/2000/nov/04/poetry.features1


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