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FIELD BURIAL by CARROLL CARSTAIRS

First Line: DYING SO YOUNG, MAY I RETAIN OF YOUTH'
Last Line: "SHALL BLOSSOM INTO CLOVER, GORSE AND FLOWER."
Subject(s): DEATH - CHILDREN; GRAVES; DEATH - BABIES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
"Dying so young, may I retain of youth
Some trace?" He asked of Death and Death replied,
"Dug in the earth you'll turn in very truth
To dirt and worm like others who have died."

But Mother Earth here interposed. "I'll take
Him to my breast until there comes an hour
His youth through me shall live again, shall wake
Shall blossom into clover, gorse and flower."



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