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EPIGRAM: FALL OF A WALL by JOHN DONNE

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First Line: UNDER AN UNDERMIN'D, AND SHOT-BRUIS'D WALL
Last Line: THAT HAD A TOWNE FOR TOMBE, HIS BONES TO HIDE.
Under an undermin'd, and shot-bruis'd wall
A too-bold Captaine perish'd by the fall,
Whose brave misfortune, happiest men envi'd,
That had a towne for tombe, his bones to hide.



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