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DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: ISBRAND by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

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First Line: THE IDIOT MERRIMENT OF THOUGHTLESS MEN
Last Line: LEANS ON HIS ANCHOR, GRINNING LIKE THEIR HOPE.
Subject(s): FOOLS; IDIOTS;

@3Isbrand@1 The idiot merriment of thoughtless men!
How the fish laugh at them, that swim and toy
About the ruined ship, wrecked deep below,
Whose pilot's skeleton, all full of sea weeds,
Leans on his anchor, grinning like their Hope.



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