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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DEATH AT DAYBREAK, by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH Poet's Biography 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? | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A FRIEND KILLED IN THE WAR by ANTHONY HECHT FOR JAMES MERRILL: AN ADIEU by ANTHONY HECHT TARANTULA: OR THE DANCE OF DEATH by ANTHONY HECHT CHAMPS D?ÇÖHONNEUR by ERNEST HEMINGWAY NOTE TO REALITY by TONY HOAGLAND A CROWNED POET by ANNE REEVE ALDRICH |
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