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THE END OF LAUGHTER by RICHARD THOMAS LE GALLIENNE

First Line: O NEVER LAUGH AGAIN!
Last Line: OURS BUT TO PRAY.
Subject(s): GRIEF; LAUGHTER; SORROW; SADNESS;
O NEVER laugh again!
Laughter is dead,
Deep hiding in her grave,
A sacred thing.
O never laugh again,
Never take hands and run
Through the wild streets,
Or sing,
Glad in the sun:
For she, the immortal sweetness of all sweets,
Took laughter with her
When she went away
With sleep.

O never laugh again!
Ours but to weep,
Ours but to pray.



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