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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
THE DEAD SINGER, by ALLEN EASTMAN CROSS
First Line: Once more a singing soul's most airy
Last Line: Like a rare urn with flowers.
Subject(s): Death; Jews; Mourning; Dead, The; Judaism; Bereavement
First Line: Once more a singing soul's most airy
Last Line: Like a rare urn with flowers.
Subject(s): Death; Jews; Mourning; Dead, The; Judaism; Bereavement
ONCE more a singing soul's most airy vessel
Hath on its journey sped;
Once more we linger by the shadowy waters,
Mourning a spirit fled.
Yet, lingering here, we catch the tender vision
Of Beauty, throned above,
As fondly welcoming a spirit laden
With beauty and with love;
For she who left us hath with love deep freighted
Her spirit's ample powers—
She filled her life, her very name with beauty.
Like a rare urn with flowers.
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