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ISAIAH, JEREMIAH, EXEKIEL, DANIEL by MARIANNE MOORE

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First Line: WHAT IS WAR
Last Line: FAIL OF A HEARING!
Subject(s): WAR;
BLOODSHED AND STRIFE ARE NOT OF GOD;

What is war
For;
Is it not a sore
On this life's body?

Yes? Although
So
Long as men will go
To battle fighting

With gun-shot,
What
Argument will not
Fail of a hearing!



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