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ACQUISITION by HOWARD MCKINLEY CORNING

First Line: WITH LIFE BEFORE US IN THE WAY
Last Line: AND FIND THE SOUGHT STAR SIX FEET DOWN.
Subject(s): LIFE;
With life before us in the way,
We march against the sky to quest
The star so hungered for a clay,
Then weary back to earth for rest.

With life too quickly come to close,
And sky ungathered to our crown,
We dig a bed for last repose
And find the sought star six feet down.



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