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2. James Lasdun and publisher Jonathan Cape Ltd for ‘Plague Years’ from The Revenant (Reference Lasdun1995);

3. the estate of Ted Hughes and publishers Faber and Faber for ‘Hawk Roosting’ from Lupercal (1960);

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