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ON YOUTH STRUCK DOWN by CHARLOTTE MEW

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First Line: OH! DEATH WHAT HAVE YOU TO SAY?

OH ! Death what have you to say?
Like a bride - like a bride-groom they ride away:
You shall go back to make up the fire,
To learn patience - to learn grief,
To learn sleep when the light has quite gone out of your earthly skies,
But they have the light in their eyes
To the end of their day."






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