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Let my body mingle with the dust

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Let my body mingle with the dust by Gopabandhu Das

Let my body mingle with the dust of this Land,
And let my countrymen walk along my back;
Let all the holes in the road of freedom be filled with my blood & bone,
And let my life be sacrificed when my people awake into freedom.

Form: Free verse

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