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In the UK version of 'The Amber Spyglass' There are quotes from poems and pieces of writing from other works at the start of each chapter. The quotes all relate to what happens in that chapter- here they are ^_^





Chapter 1 The Enchanted Sleeper

"...while the beasts of prey,
come from caverns deep,
view'd the maid asleep...
"

from A Little girl lost by William Blake
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Chapter 2 Balthamos and Baruch

"Then a spirit passed before my face;
the hair of my flesh stood up
"

from The Book of Job
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Chapter 3 Scavengers

"The knights bones are dust,
And his good sword rust;
His soul is with the saints,I trust.
"

from The Knights Tomb by S.T Coleridge
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Chapter 4 Ama and the Bats

"She lay as if at play
Her life had leaped away--
Intending to return--
But not so soon
"

by Emily Dickinson

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Chapter 5 The Adamant Tower

"...with ambitous aim against the throne and monarchy of God
rais'd impious war in heav'n and battel
"

from Paradise Lost, book I by John Milton
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