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THE COMPANION by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

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First Line: IF I SHOULD FROM MY GRAVE ARISE
Last Line: MORE SWEET THAN THESE.

If I should from my grave arise
To wander in the eventide,
Turn thou in thine old lovely wise;
When at thy side
The meadowsweet a fragrance takes,
Too full to be of earthliness,
And in dim boughs a song awakes
Of ecstasies --
So wild thy very heart shall leap
And sink again to its old peace,
And that arise that lay asleep
More sweet than these.



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