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An earlier version of Civil Elegies appeared in 1968
This edition published in hardcover and paperback in 1972
Reprinted February 1994
Canadian Cataloguing in Publication Data
Lee, Dennis, 1939-
Civil elegies and other poems
2nd pbk. ed.
First version published under title: Civil elegies.
ISBN 0-88784-557-6
I. Title.
PS8523.E3C55 1994 C811’.54 C94-930648-7
PR9199.3.L44C55 1994
Cover concept: Angel Guerra
Cover design: Brant Cowie/ArtPlus Limited
Cover photograph: Stephen Quick
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