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by Carl Sandburg, 1920

Death comes once, let it be easy.
 Ring one bell for me once, let it go at that.
 Or ring no bell at all, better yet.

 Sing one song if I die.
 Sing John Brown’s Body or Shout All Over God’s Heaven.
 Or sing nothing at all, better yet.

 Death comes once, let it be easy.

Published in Smoke and Steel
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