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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LOSS, by SILAS WEIR MITCHELL Poet's Biography
First Line: Life may moult many feathers, yet delight
Last Line: Till the thinned feathers end our eager flight.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Loss; Dead, The
First Line: Life may moult many feathers, yet delight
Last Line: Till the thinned feathers end our eager flight.
Subject(s): Death; Life; Loss; Dead, The
LIFE may moult many feathers, yet delight
To soar and circle in a heaven of joy;
The pinion robbed must learn more swift employ,
Till the thinned feathers end our eager flight.
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