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AN ANCIENT GREEK, DYING by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: COME NEARER, CHARON / I CANNOT STEP SO FAR, INTO YOUR BOAT
Last Line: ERE DEATH SETS US AFLOAT.
Subject(s): CHARON; DEATH; FAREWELL; STYX (RIVER); DEAD, THE; PARTING;

Come nearer, Charon...
I cannot step so far, into your boat;
For I must have some breath to say farewell
To her you waft me from,
Ere death sets us afloat.



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