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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FEATHERS, by WALTER SAVAGE LANDOR Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: There falls with every wedding-chime
Last Line: Upon the hearse there nods the last.
Subject(s): Feathers; Time
First Line: There falls with every wedding-chime
Last Line: Upon the hearse there nods the last.
Subject(s): Feathers; Time
There falls with every wedding chime
A feather from the wing of Time.
You pick it up, and say "How fair
To look upon its colours are!"
Another drops day after day
Unheeded; not one word you say.
When bright and dusky are blown past,
Upon the hearse there nods the last.
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