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An Epitaph On A Goldfish

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(WITH APOLOGIES TO ARIEL)     Five inches deep Sir Goldfish lies,     Here last September was he laid,     Poppies these that were his eyes,     Of fish-bones were these bluebells made.     His fins of gold that to and fro     Waved and waved so long ago,     Still as petals wave and wave     To and fro above his grave.     Hearken too! for so his knell     Tolls all day each tiny bell.

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