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BONDAGE by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: CRIES DEATH, 'O MAN, THY LIBERTY
Last Line: THY CONQUERORS -- PAIN, AGE, AND ME.
Subject(s): AGING; PAIN; SUFFERING; MISERY;

Cries Death, "O Man, thy liberty,
What boots it! Low thou bowest the knee
Subservient to masters three --
Thy conquerors -- Pain, Age, and Me.



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