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SENTENCE by WITTER BYNNER

Poet Analysis

First Line: SHALL I SAY THAT WHAT HEAVEN GAVE
Last Line: I TO STAY.

Shall I say that what heaven gave
Earth has taken? --
Or that sleepers in the grave
Reawaken?

One sole sentence can I know,
Can I say:
You, my comrade, had to go,
I to stay.






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