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death poem

i am old and blind
under a spreading chestnut tree
did you ever see an alligator
those black eyes i once so praised
daughter, thou art come to die
babylon-where i go dreaming
into the silent land
i have to say good-night
softly now the light of day
i make my shroud, but no one knows

 



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