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THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT by RICHARD EUGENE BURTON

First Line: THE MEEK SHALL INHERIT THE EARTH, -- YES
Last Line: SIX FEET OF EARTH -- AT THE LAST -- AND WORMS FOR A FELLOWSHIP NIGH.
Subject(s): DEATH; EARTH; HUMILITY; INHERITANCE & SUCCESSION; PAIN; DEAD, THE; WORLD; HEIRS; SUFFERING; MISERY;
"THE meek shall inherit the earth," -- yes, and the meaning is plain:
They shall sink and be trampled upon, tortured and cheated and slain,
And have, as their great reward, while the Strong go stormily by,
Six feet of earth -- at the last -- and worms for a fellowship nigh.



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