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THE DEAD SINGER by ALLEN EASTMAN CROSS

First Line: ONCE MORE A SINGING SOUL'S MOST AIRY
Last Line: LIKE A RARE URN WITH FLOWERS.
Subject(s): DEATH; JEWS; MOURNING; DEAD, THE; JUDAISM; BEREAVEMENT;
ONCE more a singing soul's most airy vessel
Hath on its journey sped;
Once more we linger by the shadowy waters,
Mourning a spirit fled.

Yet, lingering here, we catch the tender vision
Of Beauty, throned above,
As fondly welcoming a spirit laden
With beauty and with love;

For she who left us hath with love deep freighted
Her spirit's ample powers—
She filled her life, her very name with beauty.
Like a rare urn with flowers.



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