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SINGING DEATH by CHARLES R. MURPHY

First Line: BROWN, BROWN, BROWN, BROWN, GOLD
Last Line: SINGING DEATH.)
Subject(s): INSECTS; BUGS;

"Brown, brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Locusts singing,
Singing death)
"Brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Shuttles flying)
"Brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Spinning the thread
Of eternal dying)
"Brown, brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Locusts singing,
Singing death.)

Some of them are angels singing in the grass,
Weaving in chorus a carpet for their God,
Weaving a pathway for their God to pass,
Whistling for courage, jealous of the sod
That has God's silence and keeps God God.

Some of them are angels singing in the grass,
Weaving in chorus a carpet for their God,
Weaving a pathway for their God to pass,
Weaving in gold for Him who trod
Past the frost-silence, a meek, near God.

"Brown, brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Locusts singing,
Singing death)
"Brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Shuttles flying)
"Brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Spinning the thread
Of eternal dying)
"Brown, brown, brown, brown, gold --"
(Locusts singing,
Singing death.)



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