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ROMEO AND JULIET by THOMAS BAILEY ALDRICH

Poet Analysis

First Line: FROM MASK TO MASK, AMID THE MASQUERADE
Last Line: "THEN LOVE, WITH GLITTERING EYELIDS, ""I AM DEATH."
Subject(s): ROMEO & JULIET;
FROM mask to mask, amid the masquerade,
Young Passion went with challenging, soft breath:
"Art Love?" he whispered; "art thou Love, sweet maid?"
Then Love, with glittering eyelids, "I am Death."



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