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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THREE SISTERS, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Three sisters rest beneath
Last Line: And adelaide.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Sisters
First Line: Three sisters rest beneath
Last Line: And adelaide.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs; Sisters
Three sisters rest beneath
This cypress shade,
Sprightly Rebecca, Anne,
And Adelaide.
Gentle their hearts to all
On earth, save Man;
In Him, they said, all Grief,
All Wo began.
Spinsters they lived, and spinsters
Here are laid;
Sprightly Rebecca, Anne,
And Adelaide.
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