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A PRAYER (2) by SARA TEASDALE

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First Line: WHEN I AM DYING, LET ME KNOW
Last Line: LOVING LIFE FOR ITS OWN SAKE.
Subject(s): LIFE;
When I am dying, let me know
That I loved the blowing snow
Although it stung like whips;
That I loved all lovely things
And I tried to take their stings
With gay unembittered lips;
That I loved with all my strength,
To my soul's full depth and length,
Careless if my heart must break,
That I sang as children sing
Fitting tunes to everything,
Loving life for its own sake.



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