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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIRGE, by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN First Line: Softly! / she is lying Last Line: She to heaven has passed. | |||
SOFTLY! She is lying With her lips apart; Softly! She is dying Of a broken heart. Whisper! Life is growing Dim within her breast; Whisper! She is going To her final rest. Gently! She is sleeping, She has breathed her last! Gently! While you're weeping She to heaven has passed. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...EVENING IN SUMMER by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN OF LOVE AND WINE by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN THE AFTERNOON NAP by CHARLES GAMAGE EASTMAN THE LOVER'S MESSAGE; SONG by JOHN DRYDEN OH! SUSANNA! by STEPHEN COLLINS FOSTER THE DAISY; WRITTEN AT EDINBURGH by ALFRED TENNYSON ELEGY FOR A DEAD KING by AL-KUTANDI THE BROWN GIANT by ALEXANDER ANDERSON KNOW THYSELF by WILLIAM ARBUTHNOT EPILOGUE TO LESSING'S LAOCOON by MATTHEW ARNOLD |
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