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Classic and Contemporary Poetry
SONG, by JOHN DOWLAND Poet's Biography
First Line: Me, me, and none but me, dart home, o gentle death
Last Line: He never happy lived that cannot love to die.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight
First Line: Me, me, and none but me, dart home, o gentle death
Last Line: He never happy lived that cannot love to die.
Subject(s): Happiness; Joy; Delight
ME, me, and none but me, dart home, O gentle death,
And quickly, for I draw too long this idle breath:
O how I long till I may fly to Heaven above,
Unto my faithful and beloved turtle dove.
Like to the silver swan, before my death I sing:
And yet alive, my fatal knell I help to ring.
Still I desire from earth and earthly joys to fly,
He never happy lived that cannot love to die.
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