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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
REQUIESCAT, by FRANCES FLETCHER
First Line: The daughter of ira
Last Line: Lies gently here.
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
First Line: The daughter of ira
Last Line: Lies gently here.
Subject(s): Graves; Tombs; Tombstones
The daughter of Ira
And Zerusha Allen
Lies gently here.
Soft sky above her,
Roses to smother
The fragile air.
"The day is far spent,
The night is at hand"
(The stone-word is clear)
The daughter of Ira
And Zerusha Allen
Lies gently here.
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