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ATONEMENT by MARGARET E. BRUNER

First Line: HOW OFTEN WE NEGLECT A FRIEND
Last Line: A WREATH TO LAY UPON HIS BIER.
Subject(s): GUILT; RELIGION; THEOLOGY;
How often we neglect a friend
When living -- but should death appear,
The penitent heart is quick to send
A wreath to lay upon his bier.



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