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BURIAL SONG: THE DEW ON THE GARLIC LEAF by ANONYMOUS

First Line: HOW SWIFTLY IT DRIES
Last Line: WILL NEVER MORE RETURN
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.);FUNERALS; BURIALS;
How swiftly it dries,
The dew on the garlic-leaf.
The dew that dries so fast
To-morrow will fall again.
But he whom we carry to the grave
Will never more return.



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