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ANIMULA VAGA (2) by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: DO QUICKLY WHAT THOU HAST TO DO
Last Line: I FLUTTER NEAR THE GROUND.
Do quickly what thou hast to do;
For, till to dust again,
O coffin-worm, the temple fall,
A fledgling I remain.

Nay, till the utmost particle
Another form hath found,
Though plumed for the empyrean,
I flutter near the ground.



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