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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
OUT OF REACH, by JAMES WHITCOMB RILEY Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: You think them 'out of reach'
Last Line: "this side of ""out of reach."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
First Line: You think them 'out of reach'
Last Line: "this side of ""out of reach."
Alternate Author Name(s): Johnson Of Boone, Benj. F.
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The
YOU think them "out of reach," your dead?
Nay, by my own dead, I deny
Your "out of reach." -- Be comforted:
'Tis not so far to die.
O by their dear remembered smiles
And outheld hands and welcoming speech,
They wait for us, thousands of miles
This side of "out of reach."
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