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An East-Side Funeral

Death, with prancing polished steeds,
Glossy chariot, tossing plume-
Death, with splendor in his weeds, ;
Seeks a squalid room.
Children, curious, quit their game,
Wondering that the narrow door
Where but a beggar went and came
Should draw this emperor.
Daniel Henderson
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