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THE VOW by WILFRID WILSON GIBSON

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First Line: DOES HE EVER REMEMBER
Last Line: AS QUIET AS DEATH?

Does he ever remember,
The lad that I knew,
That night in September
He vowed to be true --

Does he hear my heart crying
And fighting for breath
In the land where he's lying
As quiet as death?



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