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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIRGE, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: To her couch of evening rest
Last Line: And whose sweets are sweetly dead.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: To her couch of evening rest
Last Line: And whose sweets are sweetly dead.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
TO her couch of evening rest
'Neath the sun's divinest west,
Bear we, in the silent car,
This consumed incense star,
This dear maid whose life is shed,
And whose sweets are sweetly dead.
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