Not any Higher Stands the Grave

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Not any higher stands the grave / For heroes than for men; / Not any nearer for the child / Than numb three-score and ten.

This latest leisure equal lulls / The beggar and his queen; / Propitiate this democrat / By summer's gracious mien.

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