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Dorothy Parker - Liebestod
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When I was bold, when I was bold-
  And that`s a hundred years!-
Oh, never I thought my breast could hold
  The terrible weight of tears.

I said: "Now some be dolorous;
  I hear them wail and sigh,
And if it be Love that play them thus,
  Then never a love will I."

I said: "I see them rack and rue,
  I see them wring and ache,
And little I`ll crack my heart in two
  With little the heart can break."

When I was gay, when I was gay-
  It`s ninety years and nine!-
Oh, never I thought that Death could lay
  His terrible hand in mine.

I said: "He plies his trade among
  The musty and infirm;
A body so hard and bright and young
  Could never be meat for worm."

"I see him dull their eyes," I said,
  "And still their rattling breath.
And how under God could I be dead
  That never was meant for Death?"

But Love came by, to quench my sleep,
  And here`s my sundered heart;
And bitter`s my woe, and black, and deep,
  And little I guessed a part.

Yet this there is to cool my breast,
  And this to ease my spell;
Now if I were Love`s, like all the rest,
  Then can I be Death`s, as well.

And he shall have me, sworn and bound,
  And I`ll be done with Love.
And better I`ll be below the ground
  Than ever I`ll be above.
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