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TO THE VERS LIBRIST WHO USES ONLY THE MINOR KEY by FRANKLIN PIERCE ADAMS

Poet Analysis

First Line: TELL ME NOT, O MOURNFUL POET
Last Line: AND I'M WEARY OF THE THEME.
Subject(s): BOOKS; POETRY & POETS; READING;

TELL me not, O mournful poet,
Life is but an empty dream.
Well enough, alas! I know it,
And I'm weary of the theme.



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