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CORYBANTIAST by MARY BRENNAN CLAPP

First Line: WHO, THINKING ON DEATH, DECIDES
Last Line: TOO LONG THE IDLE NIGHT!
Subject(s): DEATH; FESTIVALS; FUTURE LIFE; RITES & CEREMONIES; DEAD, THE; FAIRS; PAGEANTS; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE;
Who, thinking on death, decides
To somehow live, forever,
No longer stops to weigh
The peril of endeavor;
In last year's dwelling gay
No more in peace abides,
Nor lets a new hour stay
Serene in an old delight.
Too slow the flying day!
Too long the idle night!



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