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LIFE AND DEATH by CARROLL CARSTAIRS

First Line: IF DEATH SHOULD COME WITH HIS COLD HASTY KISS
Last Line: THAT IT SHALL BE AS WONDERFUL AS LIFE.
Subject(s): DEATH; LIFE; DEAD, THE;
If death should come with his cold hasty kiss,
Along the trench or in the battle strife,
I'll ask of death no greater boon than this,
That it shall be as wonderful as life.


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