Adelaide Crapsey quote: But me They cannot touch, Old age and death. The strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!

But me They cannot touch, Old age and death. The strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!

~ Adelaide Crapsey ~

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But me They cannot touch, Old age and death. The strange And ignominious end of old Dead folk!

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