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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
DIRGE FOR A YOUNG MAIDEN, by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Hushed be sighing, near the string Last Line: The maiden's dying! Subject(s): Death; Grief; Dead, The; Sorrow; Sadness | |||
HUSHED be sighing, near the string, O'er whose tremors deep we sing The youngest Death, who hath no fears, Blood, nor pang, nor any tears. Hushed be sighing! Fair and young as Venus' child, Only paler, and most mild; End of all that's dear and young, Thee we mean, soft Drop of roses; Hush of birds that sweetest sung, That beginn'st when music closes; The maiden's Dying! | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...SONOMA FIRE by JANE HIRSHFIELD AS THE SPARKS FLY UPWARDS by JOHN HOLLANDER WHAT GREAT GRIEF HAS MADE THE EMPRESS MUTE by JUNE JORDAN CHAMBER MUSIC: 19 by JAMES JOYCE DIRGE AT THE END OF THE WOODS by LEONIE ADAMS BALLAD OF HUMAN LIFE by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: DIRGE FOR WOLFRAM by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES DEATH'S JEST-BOOK: SAILORS' [OR MARINERS'] SONG by THOMAS LOVELL BEDDOES |
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