Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, ALICE HEW, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE


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First Line: Sleep sound, mistress hew!
Last Line: Sleep sound, mistress hew!
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs


Sleep sound, Mistress Hew!
Birds sing over you;
The sweet flowers flourish
Your own hands did nourish;
And many's the child
By their beauty beguiled.
They prattle and play
Till night call them away;
In shadow and dew:
Sleep sound, Mistress Hew!





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