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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
WINTER, by JESSIE E. WILLIAMS
First Line: In vain, majestic sepulcher
Last Line: Of what avail -- of what avail?
Subject(s): Winter
First Line: In vain, majestic sepulcher
Last Line: Of what avail -- of what avail?
Subject(s): Winter
In vain, majestic sepulcher,
Thou tomb that holds, entranced and deep,
The earth's sweet life in dreamless sleep!
What though the wandering mint and myrrh
And every summer reveler
Have died from frosted plain and steep!
In vain thy ancient dark retreat --
Along each shadowy forest trail,
Ghostly and delicate and frail,
Fresh loveliness -- miraculous --
Will summon strength like Lazarus,
And then thy walls, thy winding sheet --
Of what avail -- of what avail?
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