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POST MORTEM by JOHN BANISTER TABB

First Line: WHEN I AM DEAD,' THE POET SAID
Last Line: "SAID ONE, ""AND CURB THE CURSES."
"When I am dead," the poet said,
"The world shall read my verses."
"Then better pray on earth to stay,"
Said one, "and curb the curses."



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