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 "poet": "David Park Barnitz",
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 "book": "The Book of Jade",
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  "rights": "public domain (SE dedication; underlying text pre-1931)"
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    "text": "Cometh a day and a night,",
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   {
    "text": "When the lamps of life burn dim,",
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   {
    "text": "When peace is secur’d for delight,",
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   {
    "text": "And poppies for the red-rose flower;",
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   {
    "text": "When the lamps of life burn dim,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "Cometh a day and a night,",
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   {
    "text": "A day and a night and an hour.",
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    "text": "Cometh the end of the years,",
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   {
    "text": "When the cheeks have the lilies’ bloom,",
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   {
    "text": "When slumber is given for tears,",
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   },
   {
    "text": "And the breasts to the worm belong;",
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   {
    "text": "When the cheeks have the lilies’ bloom,",
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    "text": "Cometh the end of the years,",
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   {
    "text": "As silence after the song.",
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    "text": "Cometh a day and a night",
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   {
    "text": "For him to whom all is thrown,",
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    "text": "Whose own is the bosom white,",
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    "text": "Whose own are the lips of gold;",
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    "text": "For him to whom all is thrown,",
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   {
    "text": "Cometh a day and a night,",
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   {
    "text": "To have and to own and to hold.",
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