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AN EPITAPH by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: HERE LIES A MOST BEAUTIFUL LADY
Last Line: THIS LADY OF THE WEST COUNTRY?
Subject(s): BEAUTY; EPITAPHS; TRANSIENCE; IMPERMANENCE;

Here lies a most beautiful lady,
Light of step and heart was she;
I think she was the most beautiful lady
That ever was in the West Country.
But beauty vanishes; beauty passes;
However rare -- rare it be;
And when I crumble, who will remember
This lady of the West Country?



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