Grief in America

Who knows the earth 
With its calculated ways 
It's days of thunder lays 
Before one's time of death 
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Who knows the earth
That which this will take
The stand upon which we break 
For all the days of
myrth
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Thunder, before me took 
This bolt, this heart mistook 
Lightning; before me took 
This death, this heart mistook 
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Great serpent of the sky
That brings heaven to earth
The dust above now underneath 
For which we surely die 
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Who knows the earth 
Thy day now come and gone
As all the grief forgone 
Who now shall save love's birth 
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Who knows the earth
Knows the day
Kneels upon altars pray 
Before one's time of death