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FUNERAL HYMN by LOUIS UNTERMEYER

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First Line: WHEN LIFE'S GAY COURAGE FAILS AT LAST
Last Line: AND THE GREAT, BLUE FOLDS OF SKY!
Subject(s): DEATH; FUNERALS; DEAD, THE; BURIALS;
WHEN Life's gay courage fails at last,
And I grow worse than old—
Though Death puts out my fiery heart,
I never shall grow cold.

For warm is earth's green covering,
And warmly I shall lie,
Wrapped in the winding-sheets of air
And the great, blue folds of sky!



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