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IN A MUSIC-HALL: EPILOGUE by JOHN DAVIDSON

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First Line: UNDER THE EARTH ARE THE DEAD
Last Line: I RECOVERED MY SOUL THAT WAS LOST
UNDER the earth are the dead,
Alive and asleep; overhead
Are the angels, asleep and dead.


Not even shadows are we,
But the visions these dreamers see.


These dreamers below and above
The dream of their dreams is love.


But we never will count the cost;
As dreams go, lusty and stout,
We make us a heaven and hell.


There are six dreams I knew well;
When I had sung them out,
I recovered my soul that was lost.




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