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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
AND THEN?, by HELEN D. BASSETT
First Line: Why do we enter this queer world of ours
Last Line: Surely, this is not all!
Subject(s): Mortality
First Line: Why do we enter this queer world of ours
Last Line: Surely, this is not all!
Subject(s): Mortality
Why do we enter this queer world of ours,
Since we have such a little while to stay?
Our listening spirits answer to a call --
We come -- we linger -- gather weeds and flowers --
Then go our way.
Surely, this is not all!
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