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The Seaside and the Fireside/Suspiria

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Suspiria.




Take them, O Death! and bear awayWhatever thou canst call thine own!Thine image, stamped upon this clay,Doth give thee that, but that alone!
Take them, O Grave! and let them lieFolded upon thy narrow shelves,As garments by the soul laid by,And precious only to ourselves!
Take them, O great Eternity!Our little life is but a gust,That bends the branches of thy tree,And trails its blossoms in the dust!