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SILAS DWIGHT by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOUGH HAUTBOY AND BASOON MAY BREAK
Last Line: AND STOP OUT SHRILL, THIS HAPPY MORN.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

Though hautboy and basoon may break
This ancient peace with, Christians, Wake!
We should not stir, nor have, since when
God rest you, merry Gentlemen!
He of the icy hand us bid,
And laid us 'neath earth's coverlid.
Yet oft did Silas Dwight, who lies
Under this stone, in cheerful wise
Make Chancel wall and roof to ring
With Christmas Joys and Wassailing;
And still, maybe, may wind his horn
And stop out shrill, This Happy Morn.



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