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THE MOURNER by WILLIAM HENRY DAVIES

Poet Analysis

First Line: WHEN ALL YOUR BITTER GRIEF IS GONE
Last Line: YOU FOLLOW HER, AND STAND REPROVED.
Subject(s): DEATH; GRIEF; MOURNING; DEAD, THE; SORROW; SADNESS; BEREAVEMENT;

When all your bitter grief is gone,
With anger and rebellion done,
Think then, with your more even breath –
How lovely was the face of Death!
Say you remember her sweet face,
The light, the loveliness;
The smile that passed beyond this world,
To rest no more on us:
That, knowing now how Death is loved –
You follow her, and stand reproved.



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