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3 Then Death once more sent forth his angry cry
Originally posted on sciy.org by Ron Anastasia on Fri 21 Feb 2003 08:33 PM PST
Book X Canto I - III S3 Then Death once more sent forth his angry cry.mp3
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Stanza 3, Page 637
Then Death sent forth once more his angry cry,
As chides a lion his escaping prey:
"What knowst thou of earth's rich and changing life
Who thinkst that one man dead all joy must cease?
Hope not to be unhappy till the end:
For grief dies soon in the tired human heart;
Soon other guests the empty chambers fill.
A transient painting on a holiday's floor
Traced for a moment's beauty love was made.
Or if a voyager on the eternal trail,
Its objects fluent change in its embrace
Like waves to a swimmer upon infinite seas."
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