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VARIATION ON BEAUMONT AND FLETCHER: ASPATIA'S SONG by THOMAS STURGE MOORE

First Line: LAY A GARLAND ON MY GRAVE
Last Line: LIGHTLY, GENTLE EARTH!
Subject(s): BEAUMONT, FRANCIS (1584-1616); DRAMATISTS; FLETCHER, JOHN (1579-1625); GRAVES; PLAYS & PLAYWRIGHTS; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;

Lay a garland on my grave
Of the dismal yew!
Dig it where the willows wave,
For I died true!

My love was false, but steadfast!
Through suffering as in mirth. --
Upon my buried body lie
Lightly, gentle earth!



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