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THE LAST MAN: LIFE A GLASS WINDOW by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES

Poet Analysis

First Line: LET HIM LEAN
Last Line: KNUCKLES THE PANE, AND. ...
Subject(s): DEATH; LIFE; WINDOWS; DEAD, THE;

LET him lean
Against his life, that glassy interval
'Twixt us and nothing; and, upon the ground
Of his own slippery breath, draw hueless dreams,
And gaze on frost-work hopes. Uncourteous Death
Knuckles the pane, and. ...



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