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IN AFTER DAYS; RONDEAU, by                 Poet Analysis     Poet's Biography
First Line: In after days when grasses high
Last Line: In after days!
Alternate Author Name(s): Dobson, Austin
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


IN after days when grasses high
O'er-top the stone where I shall lie,
Though ill or well the world adjust
My slender claim to honour'd dust,
I shall not question nor reply.

I shall not see the morning sky;
I shall not hear the night-wind sigh;
I shall be mute, as all men must
In after days!

But yet, now living, fain would I
That some one then should testify,
Saying -- 'He held his pen in trust
To Art, not serving shame or lust.'
Will none? -- Then let my memory die
In after days!





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