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AN EPITAPH by BEN JACOB

First Line: HERE LIES NACHSHON, MAN OF GREAT RENOWN
Last Line: NOW HE IS GONE, HE GETS A STONE INSTEAD.
Subject(s): DEATH; HUNGER; JEWS; DEAD, THE; JUDAISM;
HERE lies @3Nachshon@1, man of great renown,
Who won much glory in his native town;
'Twas hunger that killed him, and they let him die—
They give him statues now, and gaze, and sigh—
While @3Nachshon@1 lived, he badly wanted @3bread@1,
Now he is gone, he gets a @3stone@1 instead.



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