EARTH`S IMMORTALITIES FAME |
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EARTH`S IMMORTALITIESFAME
See, as the prettiest graves will do in time,
Our poet`s wants the freshness of its prime;
Spite of the sexton`s browsing horse, the sods
Have struggled through its binding osier rods;
Headstone and half-sunk footstone lean awry,
Wanting the brick-work promised by-and-by;
How the minute grey lichens, plate o`er plate,
Have softened down the crisp-cut name and date!
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