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HIS LAMENT by GREGORY ORR

Poet Analysis

First Line: HOW IS IT SHE LIES HERE
Last Line: COULD PEARL A PIECE OF DUST.
Subject(s): DEATH; EURYDICE (NYMPH); LAMENT; LOVE - LOSS OF; MYTHOLOGY - CLASSICAL; ORPHEUS; DEAD, THE;
Full Poem Text Available at
http://books.google.com/books?id=_15Sr94BelcC&pg=PA11&dq=orr+%22HOW+IS+IT+SHE+LIES+HERE%22&hl=en&sa=X&ei=dr5gT7qsBsms2gX2u42UCA&ved=0CDAQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=her%20body%20still&f=false


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