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THE VIRGIN by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: BLESSED MARY, PITY ME
Last Line: TO SHOWER A LIFETIME'S SORROWS ON.
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;
Blessed Mary, pity me,
Who was a Virgin too, like Thee;
But had, please God, no little son
To shower a lifetime's sorrows on.



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