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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BETH MARIE, by WILLIAM ALEXANDER PERCY Poet's Biography
First Line: Impatiently she drew her breath
Last Line: Who only seemed a rose.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: Impatiently she drew her breath
Last Line: Who only seemed a rose.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
Impatiently she drew her breath,
So new was life, so wild:
But patiently she waited death
And when he touched her, smiled.
She who had never wished to die,
Who had such fear of pain,
Was tranquil as an evening sky
That flowers from spent rain.
For us her loss was different
From all we could suppose:
The calm of Spartan stars she lent
Who only seemed a rose.
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