Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, THE LAST BED, by PHOEBE CARY



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First Line: Twas a lonesome couch we came to spread
Last Line: And spotted over with violets.
Subject(s): Coffins


'T WAS a lonesome couch we came to spread
For her, when her little life was o'er,
And a narrower one than any bed
Whereon she had ever slept before.

And we feared that she could not slumber so,
As we stood about her when all was done,
For the pillow seemed too hard and low
For her precious head to rest upon.

But, when we had followed her two by two,
And lowered her down there where she lies,
There was nothing left for us to do,
But to hide it all from our tearful eyes.

So we softly and tenderly spread between
Our face and the face our love regrets,
A covering, woven of leafy green,
And spotted over with violets.





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