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A SONG (1) by LIZETTE WOODWORTH REESE

Poet Analysis

First Line: ALL IN AN APRIL WOOD
Last Line: BIDES WITH ME YET.
Subject(s): GRIEF; OLD AGE; SINGING & SINGERS; SORROW; SADNESS;

ALL in an April wood,
Met I with Grief;
As I plucked violets
And the young leaf.

All in an April wood,
Dark Grief I met;
Dark Grief, now I am old,
Bides with me yet.



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