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ELEGY ON MR. WILLIAM SMITH: MR. SMITH IS DEAD by THOMAS CHATTERTON

Poet Analysis

First Line: ASCEND, MY MUSE, ON SORROW'S SABLE PLUME
Last Line: THE BLOOD-STAINED TOMB WHERE SMITH AND COMFORT LIE.
Subject(s): BLOOD; DEATH; GRAVES; GRIEF; DEAD, THE; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES; SORROW; SADNESS;
ASCEND, my Muse, on Sorrow's sable plume,
Let the soft number meet the swelling sigh;
With laureated chaplets deck the tomb,
The blood-stained tomb where Smith and comfort lie.



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