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RELIC, OF PRINCE BAYAZEED by JAMES CLARENCE MANGAN

First Line: SLOW THROUGH MY BOSOM'S VEINS THEIR LAST COLD BLOOD IS FLOWING
Last Line: FOR SHAHI HENCEFORTH RESTS IN GOD'S OWN HOUSE OF QUIET

Slow through my bosom's veins their last cold blood is flowing ,
Above my heart even now I feel the rank grass growing.
Hence to the Land of Nought! the caravan is starting-
Its bell already tolls the signal of departing.
Rejoice, my soul! Poor bird, thou art at last delivered!
Thy cage is crumbling fast; its bars will soon be shivered.
Farewell, thou troubled world, where Sin and Crime run riot,
For Shahi henceforth rests in God's own House of Quiet!




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