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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
IN LOUISIANA, by ALBERT BIGELOW PAINE Poet's Biography
First Line: The long, gray moss that softly swings
Last Line: The mournful beauty of this lank.
Subject(s): Louisiana
First Line: The long, gray moss that softly swings
Last Line: The mournful beauty of this lank.
Subject(s): Louisiana
THE long, gray moss that softly swings
In solemn grandeur from the trees,
Like mournful funeral draperies, --
A brown-winged bird that never sings.
A shallow, stagnant, inland sea,
Where rank swamp grasses wave, and where
A deadliness lurks in the air, --
A sere leaf falling silently.
The death-like calm on every hand,
That one might deem it sin to break,
So pure, so perfect, -- these things make
The mournful beauty of this lank.
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