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INTO THE SUNSET, by                    
First Line: Let me die, working
Last Line: Let me die, laughing!
Alternate Author Name(s): Young, S. Hall
Subject(s): Death; Religion; Dead, The; Theology


Let me die, working.
Still tackling plans unfinished, tasks undone!
Clean to its end, swift may my race be run.
No laggard steps, no faltering, no shirking;
Let me die, working!

Let me die, thinking.
Let me fare forth still with an open mind,
Fresh secrets to unfold, new truths to find,
My soul undimmed, alert, no question blinking;
Let me die, thinking!

Let me die, laughing.
No sighing o'er past sins; they are forgiven.
Spilled on this earth are all the joys of heaven;
Let me die, laughing!





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