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When I Was Young (The Adventures Of Seumas Beg)

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I will not know when I am dead         If sun or moon is overhead;         I'll stretch out flat without a sound         Inside a box beneath the ground,         And never rise again to see         Branches lifting on a tree,         Nor hear the song the finches sing         In the spring.         I'll not, while sunny ages go,         Lift a hand or wag a toe;         But in a wooden box will be         Hidden for eternity         From sea and sun, from sight and sound,         From touch of people, voice of friend,         From all that makes my heart to bound,         Denying such an end:         It is so strange, I wonder why         People die!

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