Two centuries of song : or, Lyrics, madrigals, sonnets, and other occasional verses of the English poets of the last two hundred years . r05- O., ^) <^; FINIS. Finis—the fittest word to end Lifes book, so mystical and solemn ; The fiat of a Roman judge ; The last stone of the finished column. Finis—our thrilling, parting word,As standing by the grave we linger, And hear the earth fall where the yewPoints downward with its sable finger. Finis—the saddest word of , changeless, certain ; The parting sigh beside the dead ; The prompters word to drop the curtain. §^ I //^ S^ ,-i^

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