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MASKS OF DEATH by EDMUND CHARLES BLUNDEN

Poet Analysis

First Line: THEN THE LARK, HIS SINGING ON A SUDDEN DONE
Last Line: THE CLODS ROLL THEIR BROWN HEADS, ALL GOLGOTHA IN WRATH.
Subject(s): TIME;

Then the Lark, his singing on a sudden done,
Fell through crystal sunrays to his twilight bed;
Then the woods as sharp and carved as Parthenon
Stood before charmed eyes for ever; time was dead.

Now is haste returned; the striding fury flings
That mad mantle abroad, and foots both Pole and path.
Swarming grasses hiss: pursue wild beaks and wings;
The clods roll their brown heads, all Golgotha in wrath.



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