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SUSANNA HARBERT, SPINSTER by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET UPON MY BOSOM BE
Last Line: WILL SWEETEN THIS ANCIENT HAUNT OF DEATH.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

Let upon my bosom be
Only a bush of Rosemary;
Even though love forget, its breath
Will sweeten this ancient haunt of Death.



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