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THE IVORY GATE: DIRGE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

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First Line: LET DEW THE FLOWERS FILL; / NO NEED OF FELL DESPAIR
Last Line: DEATH'S ARROW OFT IS LOVE'S.
Subject(s): FLOWERS;

Let dew the flowers fill;
No need of fell despair,
Though to the grave you bear
One still of soul -- but now too still,
One fair -- but now too fair.
For, beneath your feet, the mound,
And the waves, that play around,
Have meaning in their grassy, and their watery, smiles;
And, with a thousand sunny wiles,
Each says, as he reproves,
Death's arrow oft is Love's.



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