Servant of the Bones

A Ballantine Book

Published by The Random House Publishing Group

Copyright © 1996 by Anne O’Brien Rice

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“The Bones of Woe,” “Aesthetic Theory,” “How Keep Dark and Pattern Off,” and “Lament” used by permission of Stan Rice originally appeared in Some Lamb, copyright © 1975 by Stan Rice. The first three poems listed were subsequently reprinted by Alfred A. Knopf, Inc., in Singing Yet, copyright © 1992 by Stan Rice.

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Library of Congress Catalog Card Number: 98-96409

eISBN: 978-0-307-57590-6

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