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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by ANN S. STEPHENS First Line: Let me perish in the early spring Last Line: Pass gently with the flowers. Alternate Author Name(s): Wintherbotham, Ann | |||
LET me perish in the early spring, When thickets all are green; When rosy buds are blossoming Amid their tender sheen; When the raindrops and the sunshine Lie sleeping in the leaves; And swallows haunt the thrifty vine, That drapes the cottage eaves. Let me perish in the early spring, The childhood of the year; I would not have a gloomy thing Pass o'er my humble bier; For when a broken heart gives way, In such a world as ours, 'T is well to let the humble clay Pass gently with the flowers. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONGS FOR TWO SEASONS: 1. AFTER GRAVE ILLNESS by CAROL FROST PENITENTIAL PSALM: 143. DOMINE EXAUDI by THOMAS WYATT MOTHER O' MINE by RUDYARD KIPLING THE SONG OF THE MOUTH-ORGAN by ROBERT WILLIAM SERVICE THE SHEPHEARDES CALENDER: OCTOBER by EDMUND SPENSER TO A PRESIDENT by WALT WHITMAN IN VINCULIS; SONNETS WRITTEN IN AN IRISH PRISON: FAREWELL DARK by WILFRID SCAWEN BLUNT |
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