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TANKA: 3 by PERCY STICKNEY GRANT

First Line: FIELDS AND HILLS I SAW
Last Line: POPULOUS HOMES OF THE DEAD.

Fields and hills I saw,
Staked out in lots, paths and ponds --
A cemetery.
Soon I passed again and found
Populous homes of the dead.



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