Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SISTER DEATH, by DIGBY MACKWORTH DOLBEN


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First Line: My sister death! I pray thee come to me
Last Line: With one cool kiss, for ever.
Alternate Author Name(s): Dolben, Digby Augustus Stewart Mackworth
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


MY sister Death! I pray thee come to me
Of thy sweet charity,
And be my nurse but for a little while;
I will indeed lie still,
And not detain thee long, when once is spread,
Beneath the yew, my bed:
I will not ask for lilies or for roses;
But when the evening closes,
Just take from any brook a single knot
Of pale Forget-me-not,
And lay them in my hand, until I wake,
For his dear sake;
(For should he ever pass and by me stand,
He yet might understand --)
Then heal the passion and the fever
With one cool kiss, for ever.





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