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EPITAPH: LADY C. M. by GEORGE MEREDITH

Poet Analysis

First Line: TO THEM THAT KNEW HER, THERE IS VITAL FLAME
Last Line: SO STRONG A SPIRIT IS NOT OF THE DEAD.
Subject(s): DEATH; EPITAPHS; DEAD, THE;

To them that knew her, there is vital flame
In these the simple letters of her name.
To them that knew her not, be it but said,
So strong a spirit is not of the dead.



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