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I hear a sudden cry of pain! There is a rabbit in a snare.

James Stephens

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James Stephens
Age: 68 †
Born: 1882
Born: February 9
Died: 1950
Died: December 26
Journalist
Poet
Writer
Dublin city
Cry
Hear
Pain
Snare
Snares
Rabbit
Rabbits
Sudden

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