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ABU MIDRAN by EUGENE FIELD

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First Line: WHEN FATHER TIME SWINGS ROUND HIS SCYTHE
Last Line: MAY CHEER THESE THIRSTY BONES OF MINE.
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
When Father Time swings round his scythe,
Intomb me 'neath the bounteous vine,
So that its juices red and blythe,
May cheer these thirsty bones of mine.



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