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MEMORIAL TO D.C.: 4. DIRGE by EDNA ST. VINCENT MILLAY

Poet Analysis

First Line: BOYS AND GIRLS THAT HELD HER DEAR
Last Line: ALL YOU LOVED OF HER LIES HERE.
Subject(s): DEATH; FRIENDSHIP; VASSAR COLLEGE; DEAD, THE;

Boys and girls that held her dear,
Do your weeping now;
All you loved of her lies here.

Brought to earth the arrogant brow,
And the withering tongue
Chastened; do your weeping now.

Sing whatever songs are sung,
Wind whatever wreath,
For a playmate perished young,

For a spirit spent in death.
Boys and girls that held her dear,
All you loved of her lies here.





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