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Last Line: Come with me, for I am best
Alternate Author Name(s): Alleyne, Ellen; Rossetti, Christina
Subject(s): Life; Transience


LAUGHING Life cries at the feast,''"
Craving Death cries at the door,''"
'' Fish, or fowl or fatted beast?'' ''"
'' Come with me, thy feast is o'''er.'' ''"

'' Wreathe the violets'' ''"'' Watch them fade.'' ''"
'' I am sunlight.'' ''"'' I am shade:
I am the sun-burying west.'' ''"
'' I am pleasure.'' ''"'' I am rest:
Come with me, for I am best.''





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