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The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar/Mortality

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234270The Complete Poems of Paul Laurence Dunbar — MortalityPaul Laurence Dunbar

MORTALITY

Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust,
What of his loving, what of his lust?
What of his passion, what of his pain?
What of his poverty, what of his pride?
Earth, the great mother, has called him again:
Deeply he sleeps, the world's verdict defied.
Shall he be tried again? Shall he go free?
Who shall the court convene? Where shall it be?
No answer on the land, none from the sea.
Only we know that as he did, we must:
You with your theories, you with your trust,—
Ashes to ashes, dust unto dust!

This work was published before January 1, 1929, and is in the public domain worldwide because the author died at least 100 years ago.

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