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BURIAL SONG: THE GRAVEYARD by ANONYMOUS

First Line: WHAT MAN'S LAND IS THE GRAVEYARD
Last Line: MAN'S FATE KNOWS NO TARRYING
Subject(s): CHINA - EARLY PERIOD (TO 200 B.C.);FUNERALS; BURIALS;
WHAT man's land is the graveyard?
It is the crowded home of ghosts, --
Wise and foolish shoulder to shoulder.
The King of the Dead claims them all;
Man's fate knows no tarrying.



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