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TO A LADY RECOVERED FROM A DANGEROUS SICKNESS by WILLIAM WATSON

Poet Analysis

First Line: LIFE PLUCKS THEE BACK AS BY THE GOLDEN HAIR
Last Line: EV'N SUCH A PREY AS THOU!
Subject(s): SICKNESS; ILLNESS;
LIFE plucks thee back as by the golden hair --
Life, who had feigned to let thee go but now.
Ah, wealthy is Death already, and can spare
Ev'n such a prey as thou!



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