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In A Disused Graveyard  (by: Robert Frost (1875 - 1963))
"The ones who living come today
To read the stones and go away
Tomorrow dead will come to stay."
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It Did Not Surprise Me  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
It did not surprise me --
So I said -- or thought --
She will stir her pinions...
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It's Such A Little Thing To Weep  (by: Emily Dickinson (1830 - 1886))
It's such a little thing to weep --
So short a thing to sigh...
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Jim  (by: Hilaire Belloc (1870-1953))
Who ran away from his Nurse and was eaten by a Lion
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Joy Forever New, A  (by: Unknown)
Please don't sing sad songs for me,
Forget your grief and fears,
For I am in a perfect place,
Away from pain and tears.
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Death Poems Books

Last Word, The  (by: Matthew Arnold (1822 - 1888))
Creep into thy narrow bed,
Creep, and let no more be said!
Vain thy onset! all stands fast.
Thou thyself must break at last!
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Laws of God, The  (by: A.E. Housman (1859 - 1936))
The laws of God, the laws of man,
He may keep that will and can;
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Loving Memories  (by: Unknown)
Your gentle face and patient smile
With sadness we recall
You had a kindly word for each
And died beloved by all.
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Massages, The  (by: Wilfrid Wilson Gibson)
“I cannot quite remember…. There were five
Dropt dead beside me in the trench—and three
Whispered their dying messages to me….”
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Mezzo Cammin  (by: Henry Wadsworth Longfellow (1807-1882))
Half of my life is gone, and I have let
The years slip from me and have not fulfilled
The aspiration of my youth, to build
Some tower of song with lofty parapet.
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