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The poem still matters greatly. And I try to convey a lot of how I try to portray cartoon characters in my fiction based on the first two lines, because I believe sometimes it applies to them as well.

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Beautiful

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It is good to remember David.

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They shall grow not old

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Lie With You

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I will lie with you by the river

By the willow and the soft sweet grass

I will lie with you beneath the starlight

And the night to day will pass

In my dream you're by the doorway

I can see your trembling hand

On the floor lies a letter

From a far and foreign land

I will lie with you by the river

By the willow and the soft sweet grass

I will lie with you beneath the starlight

And the night to day will pass

In my dream I'm in a valley

And the stars burst fearful bright

And a red pool seeps beneath me

And I fall into the night

I will lie with you by the river

By the willow and the soft sweet grass

I will lie with you beneath the starlight

And the night to day will pass

I will love you now forever

I will always hold you dear

Every breeze that cools your body

Will whisper "I am near."

I will meet you by the river

When you are leave to come

I will lie with you forever

As the earth and grass are one.

I will lie with you by the river

By the willow and the soft sweet grass

I will lie with you beneath the starlight

And the days to years will pass

you for all.

Be well.

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Beautiful yet none of them asked to be spared old age. Thank you for this.

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Therein lies the melancholy of the poem.

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