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Beside this wooden cross By the cross of the desert cactus.
The coffin-bearers rested: "Pray for the soul Of Manuel Rodriguez," And remember That death is the end of life.
Alice Corbin Henderson
Beside this wooden cross By the cross of the desert cactus.
The coffin-bearers rested: "Pray for the soul Of Manuel Rodriguez," And remember That death is the end of life.
The coffin-bearers pause in the desert, setting their load down beside a wooden cross and the natural cross formed by a cactus. They ask for a prayer for the soul of Manuel Rodriguez, then tell everyone to remember that death is the end of life. The whole scene feels heavy with exhaustion and heat.
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