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WHEN I WAS BORN by ANONYMOUS

First Line: "WHEN I WAS BORN, THEN OTHERS LAUGHED. I CRIED."
Last Line: AT DEATH IF LOVE OF LIFE DID NOT DECEIVE THEM SO.
Subject(s): BIRTH;DEATH;GRIEF;HAPPINESS; "CHILD BIRTH;MIDWIFERY;DEAD, THE;SORROW;SADNESS;JOY;DELIGHT;"
When I was born, then others laughed. I cried.
But others wept, I did the laughing when I died.
Birth is a joyous thing except to him who is born.
And death is sad except for him who greets the morn.
Ah, they would weep at birth and smile I know
At death if love of life did not deceive them so.



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