THE DEATH SONG
One throe more, and the sea is death,
Yet again, and the land is bare:
Brother, your glory is all to share—
I have outmurdered ye, breath for breath!
Yet again, and the land is bare:
Brother, your glory is all to share—
I have outmurdered ye, breath for breath!
Lone I must lie in my stately doom,
Stark and still on my island bier:
Ashen silence shall wrap me here—
Pelee the Mountain makes her tomb!
Stark and still on my island bier:
Ashen silence shall wrap me here—
Pelee the Mountain makes her tomb!
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