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... hold Those garnered years in loving trust ; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust ? O sexton of the alcoved tomb , Where souls in leathern cerements lie , Tell me each living poet's doom ! How long before ...
... hold Those garnered years in loving trust ; How long before your blue and gold Shall fade and whiten in the dust ? O sexton of the alcoved tomb , Where souls in leathern cerements lie , Tell me each living poet's doom ! How long before ...
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... hold communion with the things about me . Ah me ! how lovely is the golden braid That binds the skirt of night's descending robe ! The thin leaves , quivering on their silken threads , Do make a music like to rustling satin , As the ...
... hold communion with the things about me . Ah me ! how lovely is the golden braid That binds the skirt of night's descending robe ! The thin leaves , quivering on their silken threads , Do make a music like to rustling satin , As the ...
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Page 2 - The mossy marbles rest On the lips that he has prest In their bloom, And the names he loved to hear Have been carved for many a year On the tomb.
Page 1 - I saw him once before, As he passed by the door, And again The pavement stones resound, As he totters o'er the ground With his cane. They say that in his prime, Ere the pruning-knife of Time Cut him down, Not a better man was found By the Crier on his round Through the town.