Poetry Explorer- Classic Contemporary Poetry, AN ECHO, by ALEXANDER LOUIS FRASER



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AN ECHO, by                    
First Line: He deemed it dead,-the sound of that which flew
Last Line: He stood on life's sere slopes,—they met again.
Subject(s): Death; Echoes; Dead, The


He deemed it dead,—the sound of that which flew
From his once careless hand, when morning dew
So softly lay upon his verdant field;
But, Ah! that missile struck Convention's shield;
It whizzed and sang above dead years, so when
He stood on life's sere slopes,—they met again.





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