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Slain

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You who are still and white     And cold like stone;     For whom the unfailing light     Is spent and done;     For whom no more the breath     Of dawn, nor evenfall     Nor Spring, nor love, nor death     Matter at all;     Who were so strong and young     And brave and wise,     And on the dark are flung     With darkened eyes;

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