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A Collection of Poems. By Ernest Radford
Radford, Ernest (fl.1880-1920)

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LIFE—LIFE

Life, life, if murmuring there be
Of low estate, or scanty pelf,
The plaint upgoeth not from me.
Thy toys lie broken on the shelf—
Love swept them with an idle breath:
Life, life! Love overmastereth thee:
Grant gentle passage unto death.
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