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THE WIDOW (1) by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ART THOU A WIDOW? THEN, MY FRIEND
Last Line: DUST OF THY LOVED ONE REST NEAR BY!
Subject(s): EPITAPHS; WIDOWS & WIDOWERS;

Art thou a widow? Then, my Friend,
By this my tomb a moment spend,
To breathe a prayer o'er these cold stones
Which house-room give to weary bones.
And may God grant, when thou so lie,
Dust of thy loved one rest near by!



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