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INSCRIPTION ON MELROSE ABBEY by ANONYMOUS

First Line: THE EARTH GOES ON THE EARTH GLITTERING IN GOLD
Last Line: THE EARTH SAYS TO THE EARTH - ALL THIS IS OURS
Subject(s): DEATH; "DEAD, THE;"

The earth goes on the earth glittering in gold,
The earth goes to the earth sooner than it wold;
The earth builds on the earth castles and towers,
The earth says to the earth -- All this is ours.



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