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COLLOQUY by AL-MUNSAFI

First Line: LO, DEATH HAS COME FOR THEE
Last Line: WHO KNOCK AT BOUNTY'S DOOR?'

'Lo, Death has come for thee,
And still thou flounderest in
The ocean of thy sin':
So speaks my soul with me.

'All unprovisioned for
The road....' 'Have done!' I say;
'What provender need they
Who knock at Bounty's door?'



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