Lament
Edna St. Vincent Millay
1892 to 1950
Track 1
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Covered with tobacco;
Listen, children:
Life must go on;
Life must go on,
I’ll make you little jackets;
From his old pants.
Life must go on,
To make a pretty noise with.
Keys and pennies
Anne, eat your breakfast;
And the dead be forgotten;
From his old coats
Things he used to put there,
Anne shall have the keys
I’ll make you little trousers
Though good men die;
There’ll be in his pockets
Dan shall have the pennies
To save in his bank;
I forget just why.
Your father is dead.
Dan, take your medicine;
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