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LAZARUS by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY

First Line: HE MAY STUMBLE STIFFLY -- BEING OBVIOUSLY DEAD --
Last Line: TO PIERCE WHATEVER COFFINS HE MAY WEAR.
Subject(s): COFFINS; DEATH; LAZARUS; WORMS; DEAD, THE;
He may stumble stiffly -- being obviously dead --
This Lazarus whom I meet every day,
Or strut with braggadocio
As though to cheat the worms.
They know, and shrewdly find a certain way
To pierce whatever coffins he may wear.



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