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A Selection Of The Best English Lyric Ballads Chosen & Edited by Arthur Quiller-Couch

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THE UNQUIET GRAVE
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' You crave one kiss of my clay-cold lips;
But my breath smells earthy strong; If you have one kiss of my clay-cold lips, Your time will not be long.
VI
''Tis down in yonder garden green, Love, where we used to walk,
The finest flower that ere was seen Is wither' d to a stalk.
VII
6 The stalk is witherM dry, my love, So will our hearts decay;
So maKe yourself content, my love, Till God calls you away.'
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