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JOHN SIMPSON by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: IS THAT JOHN SIMPSON?'
Last Line: ASK AGAIN.'
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
'Is that John Simpson?'
'Ay, it be.'
'What was thy age, John?'
'Eighty-three.'
'Was't happy in life, John?'
'Life is vain.'
'What then of death, friend?'
'Ask again.'



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