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Dorothy Parker

Who lay against the sea, and fled,
  Who lightly loved the wave,
Shall never know, when he is dead,
  A cool and murmurous grave.

 But in a shallow pit shall rest
   For all eternity,
And bear the earth upon the breas
   That once had worn the sea.

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From Death and Taxes | Written c. 1931

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