Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DEATH AT DAYBREAK, by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH


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First Line: I shall go out when the light comes in
Last Line: And how is a soul to see?
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


I SHALL go out when the light comes in --
There lie my cast-off form and face;
I shall pass Dawn on her way to earth,
As I seek for a path through space.

I shall go out when the light comes in;
Would I might take one ray with me!
It is blackest night between the worlds,
And how is a soul to see?





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