Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, SONNET: 81. ON A LOCK OF MISS SARAH SEWARD'S HAIR WHO DIED 20TH YEAR, by ANNA SEWARD


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SONNET: 81. ON A LOCK OF MISS SARAH SEWARD'S HAIR WHO DIED 20TH YEAR, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: My angel sister, though thy lovely form
Last Line: From the resistless ravage of the grave!
Alternate Author Name(s): Seward, Nancy
Subject(s): Death; Hair; Sisters; Dead, The


My Angel Sister, though thy lovely form
Perished in youth's gay morning, yet is mine
This precious ringlet! -- still the soft hairs shine,
Still glow the nut-brown tints, all bright and warm
With sunny gleam! -- Alas! each kindred charm
Vanished long since; deep in the silent shrine
Withered to shapeless dust! -- and of their grace
Memory alone retains the faithful trace. --
Dear lock, had thy sweet owner lived, ere now
Time on her brow had faded thee! -- My care
Screened from the sun and dew thy golden glow;
And thus her early beauty dost thou wear,
Thou all of that fair frame my love could save
From the resistless ravage of the grave!





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