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ALILCE CASS by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: MY MOTHER BORE ME
Last Line: OF ITS YOUTHFUL SOUL.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
My mother bore me:
My father rejoiced in me:
The good priest blest me:
All people loved me:
But Death coveted me:
And free'd this body
Of its youthful soul.



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