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LAST RITES by CHRISTINA GEORGINA ROSSETTI

Poet Analysis

First Line: DEAD IN THE COLD, A SONG-SINGING THRUSH
Last Line: RAISE HIM A TOMBSTONE OF SNOW.
Subject(s): COLD; DEATH; FUNERALS; DEAD, THE; BURIALS;
Dead in the cold, a song-singing thrush,
Dead at the foot of a snowberry bush --
Weave him a coffin of rush,
Dig him a grave where the soft mosses grow,
Raise him a tombstone of snow.







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