"In the dark womb where I began My mother's life made me a man. Through all the months of human birth Her beauty fed my common earth. I cannot see, nor breathe, nor stir, But through the death of some of her."
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John Masefield, "C.L.M.", st. 1; Ballads and Poems (1910)
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