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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
A LOVER FOR DEATH, by EDWARD RALPH CHEYNEY
First Line: Oh, who will find a lover for death and for her only?
Last Line: And all who sleep with her lie curiously still.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Ralph
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Oh, who will find a lover for death and for her only?
Last Line: And all who sleep with her lie curiously still.
Alternate Author Name(s): Cheyney, Ralph
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Oh, who will find a lover for Death and for her only?
Though all men kiss her lips, they kiss against their will.
Oh, pity Death! Wistful she is and exquisite and lonely;
And all who sleep with her lie curiously still.
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