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AN HOUR by DOROTHY CURRAN

First Line: I ASK / BUT AN HOUR OF MUSIC
Last Line: SUNG SOFT AND LOW.
Subject(s): MUSIC & MUSICIANS;

I ask
But an hour of music
When I die,
No service, sermon, prayer,
Nor sad goodbye.
It is enough
That I should go,
Armed with a song
Sung soft and low.



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