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EPITAPH: JAMES CHRISTOPHER WILSON by GEORGE MEREDITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: THOU OUR BELOVED AND LIGHT OF EARTH HAST CROSSED
Last Line: THROUGH LOVE TO KINDLE IN OUR SOULS THE MORE.
Subject(s): DEATH; EPITAPHS; LIGHT; DEAD, THE;

THOU our beloved and light of Earth hast crossed
The sea of darkness to the yonder shore.
There dost thou shine a light transferred, not lost,
Through love to kindle in our souls the more.



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