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TO THE DEAD (A PARAPHRASE) by WILLIAM BELL SCOTT

First Line: GONE ART THOU, GONE, AND IS THE LIGHT
Last Line: I SHALL BE WITH THEE; WE AGAIN MAY SMILE.
Subject(s): DEATH; FUTURE LIFE; DEAD, THE; RETRIBUTION; ETERNITY; AFTER LIFE;
GONE art thou? gone, and is the light of day
Still shining, is my hair not touch'd with gray?
But evening draweth nigh, I pass the door,
And see thee walking on the dim-lit shore.

Gone, art thou? gone, and weary on the brink
Of Lethe waiting there. O do not drink,
Drink not, forget not, wait a little while,
I shall be with thee; we again may smile.



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