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First Line: THOU SLEEPEST WHERE THE LILIES FADE
Last Line: THE SNOW UPON THY BOSOM.
Subject(s): DEATH; FLOWERS; LILIES; SOUL; DEAD, THE;
Thou sleepest where the lilies fade,
Thou dwellest where the lilies fade not;
Sweet, when thine earthly part decayed
Thy heavenly part decayed not.

Thou dwellest where the roses blow,
The crimson roses bud and blossom;
While on thine eyes is heaped the snow,
The snow upon thy bosom.



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