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EPITAPHS by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

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First Line: HONEST IAGO. WHEN HIS BREATH WAS FLED
Last Line: THAT IN UNLOVELY EARTH TAKES ROOT AND GROWS.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Honest Iago. When his breath was fled
Doubtless these words were carven at his head.
Such lying epitaphs are like a rose
That in unlovely earth takes root and grows.



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