XVI. Not any higher stands the grave




NOT any higher stands the grave
        For heroes than for men;
Not any nearer for the child
        Than numb three-score and ten.

This latest leisure equal lulls
        The beggar and his queen;
Propitiate this democrat
        By summer's gracious mien.



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