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LIFE AND DEATH by WILLIAM STANLEY BRAITHWAITE

First Line: I RENTED ONCE A HOUSE OF CLAY
Last Line: FOR IT WAS CHRISTENED DEATH, BY TIME.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
I RENTED once a house of clay,
An object beautiful to see --
I lighted it with pleasant thoughts
And Life 'twas named by Mystery.
And when long years therein I lived
I moved into a fairer clime,
And then my house was named anew --
For it was christened Death, by Time.



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