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  • What if thou be saint or sinner,
    Crooked gray-beard, straight beginner,--
    Empty paunch, or jolly dinner,
    When Death thee shall call.
    All like are rich or richer,
    King with crown, and cross-legged stitcher,
    When the grave hides all.

    RICHARD WATSON GILDER (1885). “LYRICS AND OTHER POEMS,”