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\nThe Last Leviathan<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n
\n<\/span>1986<\/span>
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\nThis plaintive cry of a song speaks to the impact of whaling from the perspective of the last whale of its kind:<\/p>\n
\nMy heart it has been rent and I am crying<\/em>
\nFor the beauty around me pales and I am screaming<\/em>
\nI am the last of the great whales and I am dying.<\/em><\/p>\n
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