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Response to poem about death

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Jean is right!

Take note of they depature? All that breathe Will share thy destiny. The gay will laugh When thou art gone, the solemn brood of care Plod on, and each one as before will chase His favorite phantom; yet all these shall leave Their mirth and their employments, and shall And make their bed with thee. As the long train ...

William Cullen Bryant (1794-1878) from: "The American Poets 1800 -1900" Page 3 Scott, Forersman and Company - publisher

(posted 8801 days ago)

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