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"MAN'S LIFE; AN INSCRIPTION IN OSMINGTON CHURCH, DORSET" by ANONYMOUS

First Line: MAN IS A GLAS: LIFE IS / A WATER THAT'S WEAKLY
Last Line: THE WATER OUT / FINIS
Subject(s): DEATH;HOURGLASSES; "DEAD, THE;"

Man is a Glas: Life is
A water that's weakly
walled about: sinne bring
es death: death breakes
the Glas: so runnes
the water out
finis.



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