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SPOON RIVER ANTHOLOGY: WILLIAM AND EMILY by EDGAR LEE MASTERS

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First Line: THERE IS SOMETHING ABOUT DEATH
Last Line: LIKE LOVE ITSELF!
Subject(s): DEATH; LOVE; DEAD, THE;
THERE is something about Death
Like love itself!
If with some one with whom you have known passion,
And the glow of youthful love,
You also, after years of life
Together, feel the sinking of the fire,
And thus fade away together,
Gradually, faintly, delicately,
As it were in each other's arms,
Passing from the familiar room --
That is a power of unison between souls
Like love itself!



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