Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SUSAN, by FREDERICK LOCKER-LAMPSON


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First Line: He dropt a tear on susan's bier
Last Line: And let herself be woo'd again.
Alternate Author Name(s): Locker, Frederick
Subject(s): Death; Tears; Women; Dead, The


HE dropt a tear on Susan's bier,
He seem'd a most despairing swain;
But bluer sky brought newer tie,
And -- would he wish her back again?

The moments fly, and when we die,
Will Philly Thistletop complain?
She'll cry and sigh, and -- dry her eye,
And let herself be woo'd again.





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