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Live Much

Wallace Dean LaBenne

Don't die
before you're near
Time lets no one stay
Don't live
for one more year
Live much for today

Don't live
for a bright dawn
Time sets every beat
Don't die
before you're gone
Live much as a feat

Don't die
before you're swill
Time provides no ploy
Don't live
for someday thrill
Live much at hand joy

Don't live
for constant dread
Time goes far too fast
Don't die
before you're dead
Live much till the last

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Submitted on February 05, 2010

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Scheme AbcDbc DefAef AghDgh DijAij
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 385
Words 79
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 6
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