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Sustain, Nourish, Feed

Posted by: anon on August 01, 1996 at 14:20:50:

QUARLES (1592-1644)

The birds of the air die to sustain thee;
The beasts of the field die to nourish thee;
The fishes of the sea die to feed thee;
Our stomachs are their common sepulcher,
Good God! With how many deaths are our poor lives patched up?
How full of death is the life of momentary man!


(poem found on the ARRS poem page)



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