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THE TOMB OF SARDANAPALUS by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "ASSURED THAT YOU ARE DOOMED TO DIE, DO AS YOUR PASSIONS CRAVE"
Last Line: BUT OF MY RICH POSSESSIONS NO PENNY COULD I SAVE
Subject(s): DEATH;SARDANAPALUS (7TH CENTURY B.C.); "DEAD, THE;"
ASSURED that you are doomed to die, do as your passions crave,
Rejoicing in good cheer: you'll find no profit in the grave:
For I am ash who once was king of Nineveh the brave:
All that I ate or drank or learned of love's delights, I have:
But of my rich possessions no penny could I save.



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