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Eugene Field - The Two CoffinsEugene Field - The Two Coffins
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In yonder old cathedral   Two lovely coffins lie; In one, the head of the state lies dead,   And a singer sleeps hard by. Once had that King great power   And proudly ruled the land-- His crown e`en now is on his brow   And his sword is in his hand. How sweetly sleeps the singer   With calmly folded eyes, And on the breast of the bard at rest   The harp that he sounded lies. The castle walls are falling   And war distracts the land, But the sword leaps not from that mildewed spot   There in that dead king`s hand. But with every grace of nature   There seems to float along-- To cheer again the hearts of men   The singer`s deathless song.
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