He Who Hath Bent Him O'er The Dead Ere The First Day Of Death Is Fled

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He who hath bent him o'er the dead
Ere the first day of death is fled,--
The first dark day of nothingness,
The last of danger and distress,
Before decay's effacing fingers
Have swept the lines where beauty lingers.
-- Lord Byron (1788-1824)
-- The Giaour, Line 68

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