Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF MR. YARKER: MENTEM MORTALIA TANGUNT, by JOHN CLOSE


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IN RESPECTFUL MEMORY OF MR. YARKER: MENTEM MORTALIA TANGUNT, by                    
First Line: And have we lost another friend?
Last Line: Hark to the tolling bell!
Alternate Author Name(s): Poet Close
Subject(s): Death; Friendship; Memory; Dead, The


AND have we lost another friend?
How sad the news to tell!
Alas! poor Mr. Yarker's gone—
Hark to the tolling bell!
Alas! how many how drop of—
What numbers are unwell;
Another mortal borne away—
Hark to the tolling bell!





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