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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SUSANNAH PROUT, by WALTER JOHN DE LA MARE Poet Analysis Poet's Biography
First Line: Here lies my wife
Last Line: Come back to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
First Line: Here lies my wife
Last Line: Come back to me.
Alternate Author Name(s): Ramal, Walter; De La Mare, Walter
Subject(s): Epitaphs
Here lies my wife,
Susannah Prout;
She was a shrew
I don't misdoubt:
Yet all I have
I'd give, could she
But for one hour
Come back to me.
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