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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
TO ONE BORN DEAD, by BERNICE CAREY FITCH First Line: Not for you alone, though my defenseless Last Line: Condemned by alien force -- for these I mourn. Subject(s): Death; Dead, The | |||
Not for you alone, though my defenseless Woman heart grows faint with tenderness Before the memory of that helpless mold Of flesh, its story ever now untold, But for all dreams, ideals, and hopes that lie Unseen, unknown within life's womb, to die The death most pitiable of all, the death That precedes life and never knows one breath -- For all man's noble deeds and dreams stillborn Condemned by alien force -- for these I mourn. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND FARM WOMAN by BERNICE CAREY FITCH |
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