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YE HAVE FORGOTTEN THE EXHORTATION' by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: BURY THY DEAD, DEAR FRIEND
Last Line: Take comfort, he will not forget
Subject(s): FUNERALS; SOUL; ANGELS; HEAVEN; GOD;
BURY thy dead, dear friend,
Between the night and day:
Where depths of summer shade are cool,
And murmurs of a summer pool
And windy murmurs stray'' .

Bury thy dead, dear love,
And make his bed most fair above:
The latest buds shall still
Blow there, and the first violets too,
And there a turtle-dove
Shall brood and coo'' .

Bury thy dead heart-deep:
Take patience till the sun be set:
There are no tears for him to weep,
No doubts to haunt him yet:
Take comfort, he will not forget.



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