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VANITY OF VANITIES by PALLADAS

First Line: NAKED TO EARTH I WAS BROUGHT
Last Line: WHY SHOULD I LABOR FOR NAUGHT, SEEING HOW NAKED THE END?
Subject(s): RELIGION; THEOLOGY;

NAKED to earth was I brought—naked to earth I descend.
Why should I labor for naught, seeing how naked the end?



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