Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, GODSPEED!, by JANE BELFIELD


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First Line: Body o' mine - and must I lay thee low?
Last Line: "godspeed!"
Subject(s): Bodies; Death; Farewell; Soul; Dead, The; Parting


"Body o' mine — and must I lay thee low?
So long I have looked out from the deaz eye!
Ears that have brought me song, and willing hands,
And feet that carried me to pleasant fields —
Shall dust claim all, and must I say good-bye?
Godspeed!"

"Sister o' mine — I go from whence I came,
Perchance to bloom again, or if required,
When time is ripe, to house another soul.
Thou art more wise than I, yet recketh not,
Oh, soul o' mine, that I at last am tired!
Godspeed!"





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