Lyric Poem · Death & Loss
Away With Funeral Music
AWAY with funeral music - set
The pipe to powerful lips -
The cup of life's for him that drinks
And not for him that sips.
This poem is in the public domain.
“Away With Funeral Music” by Robert Louis Stevenson — quilloak.com/poems/away-with-funeral-music
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