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THE TERM OF DEATH by SARAH MORGAN BRYAN PIATT

Poet Analysis

First Line: BETWEEN THE FALLING LEAF AND ROSE-BUD'S BREATH
Last Line: THE WORM AND BUTTERFLY -- IT IS NOT LONG!
Subject(s): DEATH; DEAD, THE;
Between the falling leaf and rose-bud's breath;
The bird's forsaken nest and her new song
(And this is all the time there is for Death);
The worm and butterfly -- it is not long!


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