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THE GRAVE
I keep no more a lone distress,
The crowd have come to see thy grave,
Small thanks or credit shall I have,
But these shall see it none the less.
The crowd have come to see thy grave,
Small thanks or credit shall I have,
But these shall see it none the less.
The happy maiden's tears are free
And she will weep and give them way;
Yet one unschool'd in want will say
“The dead are dead and let them be.”
And she will weep and give them way;
Yet one unschool'd in want will say
“The dead are dead and let them be.”
Another whispers sick with loss:
“O let the simple slab remain!
The ‘Mercy Jesu’ in the rain!
The ‘Miserere’ in the moss!
“O let the simple slab remain!
The ‘Mercy Jesu’ in the rain!
The ‘Miserere’ in the moss!
“I love the daisy weeping dew,
I hate the trim-set plots of art!”
My friend, thou speakest from the heart,
But look, for these are nature too.
I hate the trim-set plots of art!”
My friend, thou speakest from the heart,
But look, for these are nature too.
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