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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OFFERING TO A DEAD FRIEND, by CHARLES VAN LERBERGHE Poet's Biography
First Line: I bring these flowers, these pure white flow'rs to you in your night
Last Line: They are silence too.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Friendship; Dead, The
First Line: I bring these flowers, these pure white flow'rs to you in your night
Last Line: They are silence too.
Subject(s): Death; Flowers; Friendship; Dead, The
I BRING these flowers, these pure white flow'rs, to you in your night,
For they are light.
To your heart that slumbers, your eyes that see not, I offer these,
For they are peace.
To your voice now faint in the mighty wind of the air you drew:
They are silence too.
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