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Oliver Wendell Holmes - MarthaOliver Wendell Holmes - Martha
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SEXTON! Martha`s dead and gone;          Toll the bell! toll the bell!          Her weary hands their labor cease;          Good night, poor Martha,— sleep in peace!          Toll the bell!          Sexton! Martha `s dead and gone;          Toll the bell! toll the bell!          For many a year has Martha said,          "I`m old and poor,— would I were dead!"          Toll the bell!          Sexton! Martha`s dead and gone;          Toll the bell! toll the bell!          She`ll bring no more, by day or night,          Her basket full of linen white.          Toll the bell!          Sexton! Martha`s dead and gone;          Toll the bell! toll the bell!          `Tis fitting she should lie below          A pure white sheet of drifted snow.          Toll the bell!          Sexton! Martha`s dead and gone;          Toll the bell! toll the bell!          Sleep, Martha, sleep, to wake in light,          Where all the robes are stainless white.          Toll the bell!
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