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THE MOOR GRAVE by JOHN GALSWORTHY

First Line: I LIE OUT HERE UNDER A HEATHER SOD
Last Line: "TO GLORY SHALL SHE RISE!"" -- BUT DEATHLESS PEACE HAVE I!"
Subject(s): GRAVES; TOMBS; TOMBSTONES;
I LIE out here under a heather sod,
A moor-stone at my head, the moor-winds play above.
I lie out here.... In graveyards of their God
They would not bury desperate me who died for love!
I lie out here under the sun and moon;
Across me bearded ponies stride, the curlews cry.
I have no little tombstone screed, no: "Soon
To glory shall she rise!" -- but deathless peace have I!



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