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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
FOR ONE WHO WAS LOVELY, by BERTYE YOUNG WILLIAMS Poet's Biography
First Line: Lilacs of springtime
Last Line: She who was lovely has fallen asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, B. Y.
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: Lilacs of springtime
Last Line: She who was lovely has fallen asleep.
Alternate Author Name(s): Williams, B. Y.
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
Lilacs of springtime,
Dew-wet with morning,
She who was lovelier still than your bloom,
Slumbers. Now lend us
Beauty and fragrance.
These be the tributes we bring to her tomb.
Songbird of summer,
Spilling your rapture
Over the valley beyond the green hill,
Lend us your music,
Requiem singing
For her whose sweet voice forever is still.
Bright leaves of autumn,
Borne by the breezes,
While you dance lightly her feet are at rest.
Spread a gay carpet
Scarlet and golden
Over the pathways her footsteps have pressed.
White snows of winter,
Falling in silence,
Weave a soft coverlet spotless and deep;
Fold it about her --
Gently, ah, gently --
She who was lovely has fallen asleep.
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