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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SO MIGHT IT BE, by JOHN GALSWORTHY Poet's Biography
First Line: Death, when you come to me, tread with a footstep
Last Line: Spring in the world when you fetch me away!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Death, when you come to me, tread with a footstep
Last Line: Spring in the world when you fetch me away!
Alternate Author Name(s): Sinjohn, John
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
DEATH, when you come to me, tread with a footstep
Light as the moon's on the grasses asleep,
So that I know not the moment of darkness,
Know not the drag and the draw of the deep.
Death, when you come to me, let there be sunlight,
Dogs and dear creatures about me at play,
Flowers in the fields and the song of the blackbird --
Spring in the world when you fetch me away!
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