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When My Time Is Come

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When my time is come to die,     I would shun the decent gloom,     Whispered word and weeping eye,     Fitful hum of knowing fly     Questing through the darkened room.     I would lay my skin and bone     Where no busy care could trace     Failing steps by bush and stone,     With my farewell dream alone     In a bird-frequented place.     So the sounds that bless my ear     When my weary eyelids close     Will be songs of hope and cheer;     So departing, I shall hear     How the tide of living flows.     So my memories shall not be     Blurred by griefs however true;     So my drowsy sense may see     Eyes that light in love on me;     So Ill not be leaving you.

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