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ALICE HEW by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: SLEEP SOUND, MISTRESS HEW!
Last Line: SLEEP SOUND, MISTRESS HEW!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS;

Sleep sound, Mistress Hew!
Birds sing over you;
The sweet flowers flourish
Your own hands did nourish;
And many's the child
By their beauty beguiled.
They prattle and play
Till night call them away;
In shadow and dew:
Sleep sound, Mistress Hew!



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