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AN EPITAPH by BRYAN WALLER PROCTER

First Line: HE DIED, AND LEFT THE WORLD BEHIND!
Last Line: GAVE PLACE TO A MEANER MAN!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

HE died, and left the world behind!
His once wild heart is cold!
His once keen eye is quell'd and blind!
What more? -- His tale is told.

He came, and, baring his heaven-bright thought
He earn'd the base world's ban:
And -- having vainly lived and taught,
Gave place to a meaner man!



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