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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
GEOLOGY, by HARRY HIBBARD KEMP Poet's Biography
First Line: What matter if my life be passed
Last Line: They'll find the lime that made my bones.
Subject(s): Death; Decay; Geology; Dead, The; Rot; Decadence
First Line: What matter if my life be passed
Last Line: They'll find the lime that made my bones.
Subject(s): Death; Decay; Geology; Dead, The; Rot; Decadence
WHAT matter if my life be passed
In laughter or in tears and groans?
Some day, compressed within a rock,
They'll find the lime that made my bones.
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