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EPIGRAM by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "NAUGHT, I HEAR THEE SAY"
Last Line: YET A LITTLE CLAY / WILL FILL IT BYE-AND-BYE
Subject(s): DEATH; "DEAD, THE;"

Naught, I hear thee say,
Can fill the greedy eye:
Yet a little clay
Will fill it bye-and-bye.



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