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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
BELINDA'S RECOVERY FROM SICKNESS, by WILLIAM BROOME Poet Analysis Poet's Biography First Line: Thus when the silent grave becomes Last Line: We angels rise, who mortals died. Subject(s): Sickness; Illness | |||
THUS when the silent grave becomes Pregnant with life as fruitful wombs; When the wide seas and spacious earth Resign us to our second birth; Our moulder'd frame rebuilt assumes New beauty, and for ever blooms, And, crown'd with youth's immortal pride, We angels rise, who mortals died. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A SICK CHILD by RANDALL JARRELL AFTERNOON AT MACDOWELL by JANE KENYON HAVING IT OUT WITH MELANCHOLY by JANE KENYON SONNET: 9. HOPE by WILLIAM LISLE BOWLES THE ROSE-BUD; TO A YOUNG LADY by WILLIAM BROOME |
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