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ASRAFEL HOLT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: HERE IS BURIED A MISER
Last Line: WHEN ALL EARTH'S ELSE FAILS!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Here is buried a Miser:
Had he been wiser,
He would not have gone bare
Where Heaven's garmented are.
He'd have spent him a penny
To buy a Wax Taper;
And of Water a sprinkle
To quiet a poor Sleeper.
He'd have cried on his soul,
'O my Soul, moth & rust! --
What treasure shall profit thee
When thou art dust?'
@3'Mene, Tekel, Upharsin!'@1
God grant, in those Scales,
His Mercy avail us
When all Earth's else fails!



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