Stoddart, Thomas T / 2008-07-05 00:00:00
EBOOK THE DEATH-WAKE ***
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THE DEATH-WAKE
OR LUNACY
A NECROMAUNT
IN THREE CHIMERAS
BY THOMAS T. STODDART
WITH AN INTRODUCTION
BY ANDREW LANG
Is't like that lead contains her?...
It were too gross
To rib her cerecloth in the obscure grave.
SHAKESPEARE
LONDON: JOHN LANE
CHICAGO: WAY & WILLIAMS
1895
INTRODUCTION TO
THE DEATH-WAKE
_Piscatori Piscator_
_An angler to an angler here,
To one who longed not for the bays,
I bring a little gift and dear,
A line of love, a word of praise,
A common memory of the ways,
By Elibank and Yair that lead;
Of all the burns, from all the braes,
That yield their tribute to the Tweed.
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