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I'M A-WEARY by JOSEPH SKIPSEY

First Line: I'M A-WEARY WITH CARE, I'M A-WEARY WITH CARE
Last Line: LIKE THE SEA-WAVES AROUND YON LONE ROCK ON THE SHORE.
Subject(s): DEATH; OLD AGE; WEARINESS; DEAD, THE; FATIGUE;
I'm a-weary with care, I'm a-weary with care,
Surrounded with woes that no mortal can bear,
Whil'st I gaze on the night of my ills and survey,
Not a star to direct my lorn soul on her way.

I'm shorn of my strength and tho' few are my years,
The winter of life on my aspect appears;
Ay, the feeling of death steals apace round my core,
Like the sea-waves around yon lone rock on the shore.



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