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First Line: However fiercely fortune struck
Last Line: He did not murder cain.
Subject(s): Bible - Old Testament; Luck


HOWEVER fiercely Fortune struck
At Abel on the Syrian plain,
He had one starry piece of luck—
He did not murder Cain.





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