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SONG OF SONGS by WILFRED OWEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: SING ME AT MORN BUT ONLY WITH YOUR LAUGH
Last Line: THROBBING THOUGH YOU, AND SOBBING UNSUBDUED.
Subject(s): LOVE; SINGING & SINGERS; SOLDIERS' WRITINGS;

Sing me at morn but only with your laugh;
Even as Spring that laugheth into leaf;
Even as Love that laugheth after Life.

Sing me but only with your speech all day,
As voluble leaflets do; let viols die;
The least word of your lips is melody!

Sing me at eve but only with your sigh!
Like lifting seas it solaceth; breathe so,
Slowly and low, the sense that no songs say.

Sing me at midnight with your mumurous heart!
Let youth's immortal-moaning chords be heard
Throbbing though you, and sobbing unsubdued.



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