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Cain: A Mystery

By George Gordon, Lord ByronSource: George Gordon, Lord Byron - PoetryDB (Public Domain)21445 words

ACT I.

SCENE I.--_The Land without Paradise.--Time, Sunrise_.

ADAM, EVE, CAIN, ABEL, ADAH, ZILLAH, _offering a Sacrifice_.

_Adam_. God, the Eternal! Infinite! All-wise!--

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