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IRISH MOTHER by AUSTIN CLARKE

First Line: MY SON WILL BURN IN THE PIT,'
Last Line: HE SLEPT LAST NIGHT,' SHE SAID

Poem Sources:

SELECTED POEMS. EDITED WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY THOMAS KINSELLA.
  CLARKE, AUSTIN
  (1976)
 



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