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Dirge

Boys and girls that held her dear,
  Do your weeping now;
All you loved of her lies here.
Brought to earth the arrogant brow,
  And the withering tongue
Chastened; do your weeping now.
Sing whatever songs are sung,
  Wind whatever wreath,
For a playmate perished young,
For a spirit spent in death.
Boys and girls that held her dear,
All you loved of her lies here.

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