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AT LAST by KATRINA TRASK

Poet Analysis

First Line: BEYOND THE BOURN OF MORTAL DEATH AND BIRTH
Last Line: "THE LORD OF LIFE BE PRAISED! I, TOO, HAVE DIED."

BEYOND the bourn of mortal death and birth,
Two lovers -- parted sorrowing on earth --
Met in the land of dim and ghostly space.
Wondering, he gazed on her illumined face:
"Alone you bear the burden now," he said,
"Of bondage; mine is ended, -- I am dead."
With rapturous note of victory, she cried,
"The Lord of Life be praised! I, too, have died."



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