Poems (Van Rensselaer)/An Epitaph

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AN EPITAPH
For love and joy to Life I prayed;
  An empty hand he stretched to me;
And when I turned to Death for aid,
  He passed me by and would not see.

But Life repented him and gave
  All I had ever asked and more.
Then Death in haste bestowed this grave
  Some broken heart was pleading for.

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