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I Would not Live Alway.

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"I would not live alway,"     Why should I wish to stay,     Now, when grown old and grey,     Enduring slow decay?     When power to do has fled,     'Twere better to be dead -     The tree that's ceased to bear,     Has no right to be there.     Who cares to keep a bird     Whose note is never heard?     Yet many things abound,     Encumbering the ground;     Useless, unsightly wrecks,     That only serve to vex     The sight of those who boast     All that those wrecks have lost.     If God gave me this life, -     Now, when worn out with strife,     May I not give it back     And move from out the track?     This world is not for drones!     The right to live each owns;     But he to earn that right     Must work with all his might.     When power to do has fled,     'Twere better to be dead.     The dog has had its day; -     "I would not live alway."

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