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FEE SIMPLE by CALE YOUNG RICE

First Line: I HAVE BROUGHT ME A BED IN EARTH
Last Line: THAT I WHO AM SLEEPING AM I.
Subject(s): DEATH; EARTH; FLOWERS; GRAVES; SLEEP; DEAD, THE; WORLD; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
I have brought me a bed in earth
With a cover of grass and flowers,
An evergreen tree overhead,
And I shall sleep hours and hours.

In fact I do not mean to awake
At anyone's want or will,
For dawn will not come or work to do
Or grief to suffer -- and still.

I'll sleep as long as I please,
Nor ever once turn or sigh.
And best of all I shall not know
That I who am sleeping am I.


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