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Famous Single Poems

ess. He was not the only poet to do that—Coates Kinney did the same thing with his "Rain on the Roof"—and, in spite of all his mistakes and inconsistencies and contradictions, there is no reason to doubt that at some time (whether in 1859 or 1862 or 1863 does not matter), John Luckey McCreery did sit him down and pen the ten stanzas of "There Is No Death" as herewith given. So let it be recorded in future anthologies, that his poor, troubled spirit may rest in peace!

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