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THE SETTLEMENT
Inside the room a mother's breath
Issued in grievous moans;
Outside the chamber Life and Death
Haggled in undertones.
Issued in grievous moans;
Outside the chamber Life and Death
Haggled in undertones.
They passed the doorway. Life bent down,
Kissing the new-come child;
Death, who had entered with a frown,
Looked at his share, and smiled.
Kissing the new-come child;
Death, who had entered with a frown,
Looked at his share, and smiled.
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