Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL, by JAMES THOMAS FIELDS


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DIRGE FOR A YOUNG GIRL, by                     Poet's Biography
First Line: Underneath the sod, low lying
Last Line: Life and love!
Subject(s): Death; Dead, The


UNDERNEATH the sod low-lying,
Dark and drear,
Sleepeth one who left, in dying,
Sorrow here.

Yes, they 're ever bending o'er her
Eyes that weep;
Forms, that to the cold grave bore her,
Vigils keep.

When the summer moon is shining
Soft and fair,
Friends she loved in tears are twining
Chaplets there.

Rest in peace, thou gentle spirit,
Throned above,—
Souls like thine with God inherit
Life and love!





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